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Table 5 Checking predictive power across employment variables

From: Job market polarization and American poverty

 

Model 5.1

Model 5.2

Model 5.3

Model 5.4

Model 5.5

Model 5.6

Model 5.7

Model 5.8

Model 5.9

Poverty

Poverty

Poverty

Poverty

Poverty

Poverty

Poverty

Poverty

Poverty

Uneven job distribution index-1 (workless households)

0.855***

 

0.819***

    

0.821***

0.862***

 

(0.026)

 

(0.029)

    

(0.029)

(0.087)

Individual unemployment rate

 

0.006***

0.001***

 

0.006***

 

 < 0.001

0.001***

0.001***

  

(0.001)

(< 0.001)

 

(0.001)

 

(< 0.001)

(< 0.001)

(< 0.001)

Households with only part-time worker (poor-quality job)

   

0.701***

0.219*

  

-0.042

 
    

(0.117)

(0.120)

  

(0.078)

 

Households with full-time worker (good-quality job)

     

-0.703***

-0.690***

 

0.041

      

(0.024)

(0.029)

 

(0.078)

Constant

0.042***

0.103***

0.039***

0.086***

0.088***

0.707***

0.693***

0.042***

0.001

 

(0.003)

(0.004)

(0.003)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.019)

(0.025)

(0.006)

(0.073)

R 2

0.66

0.19

0.66

0.06

0.19

0.60

0.60

0.66

0.66

N

561

561

561

561

561

561

561

561

561

  1. Ordinary least square estimates.
  2. Standard errors are in parenthesis.
  3. *p < 0.1; ** p < 0.05; *** p < 0.01.