Table 13 Effects of unemployment stigma on subjective well-being (H1), health (H2), re-employment expectations (H3) and value placed on employment (H4) without imputation

Stigma consciousness (0–10)

− 0.323***

(0.035)

− 0.193***

(0.044)

− 0.042**

(0.015)

0.122***

(0.018)

Sample (R: population sample)

− 0.242

(0.243)

0.044

(0.313)

0.027

(0.106)

− 0.021

(0.142)

Employment status at wave 6 (R: employed)

 Unemployed

− 0.244

(0.178)

− 0.036

(0.247)

− 0.177*

(0.083)

− 0.207*

(0.094)

 Out of the labour force

0.152

(0.485)

− 0.118

(0.746)

0.109

(0.323)

0.301

(0.356)

Male

− 0.294*

(0.124)

− 0.047

(0.160)

0.019

(0.054)

− 0.196**

(0.065)

Unemployment duration (years)

0.009

(0.015)

− 0.039^#

(0.021)

− 0.018**

(0.005)

0.012

(0.007)

Number of previous unemployment episodes

− 0.051

(0.071)

0.125

(0.106)

0.047

(0.036)

0.033

(0.038)

Age

− 0.057

(0.043)

− 0.220***

(0.057)

0.017

(0.019)

0.017

(0.023)

Age²

0.001

(0.000)

0.002***

(0.001)

− 0.000*

(0.000)

− 0.000

(0.000)

Migration background

0.287^#

(0.150)

0.411*

(0.191)

0.039

(0.068)

− 0.044

(0.080)

Education (R: Elementary) (CASMIN)

 Secondary

− 0.068

(0.140)

− 0.074

(0.187)

− 0.094

(0.063)

− 0.189*

(0.081)

 Maturity

− 0.217

(0.209)

0.649*

(0.265)

0.110

(0.097)

− 0.349***

(0.100)

 Tertiary

− 0.280

(0.221)

0.621*

(0.264)

0.071

(0.094)

− 0.311**

(0.109)

Married

0.028

(0.164)

− 0.239

(0.208)

− 0.067

(0.076)

0.255**

(0.090)

Household size

0.076

(0.062)

0.137

(0.093)

− 0.022

(0.033)

− 0.026

(0.040)

Household income

0.015

(0.012)

0.026^#

(0.015)

0.007

(0.006)

0.009

(0.007)

West Germany

− 0.041

(0.134)

− 0.410*

(0.173)

0.047

(0.060)

− 0.081

(0.073)

Constant

8.841***

(0.904)

11.005***

(1.273)

2.392***

(0.431)

− 0.971^#

(0.516)

Observations

1025

1026

1016

1021

R-squared

0.111

0.099

0.167

0.103