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Table 14 Effects of unemployment stigma on job search effort (H5) and success (H6) without imputation

From: The social stigma of unemployment: consequences of stigma consciousness on job search attitudes, behaviour and success

 

H5a/b: Job search effort

H6a/b: Job search success

Model 1a

Model 2b

Model 3a

Model 4b

Model 5b

Model 6b

Model 7a

Active job search (yes)

Number methods

Search intensity

Hours searched

Number applications

Number interviews

Job (yes)

Stigma consciousness (0–10)

0.022**

(0.008)

0.054**

(0.021)

0.248**

(0.090)

0.062#

(0.037)

0.051

(0.038)

0.060

(0.056)

− 0.007

(0.005)

Sample (R: population sample)

0.053

(0.061)

0.162

(0.153)

0.965

(0.600)

0.436#

(0.226)

0.269

(0.288)

1.193*

(0.529)

0.003

(0.035)

Employment status at wave 6 (R: employed)

 Unemployed

− 0.042

(0.044)

0.010

(0.094)

− 0.027

(0.475)

0.211

(0.141)

0.026

(0.185)

− 0.081

(0.245)

− 0.151***

(0.032)

 Out of the labour force

0.061

(0.137)

− 0.144

(0.303)

0.376

(1.823)

0.248

(0.442)

− 1.011*

(0.400)

− 0.341

(0.558)

0.024

(0.123)

Male

0.018

(0.031)

0.034

(0.074)

0.344

(0.347)

0.176

(0.115)

0.092

(0.144)

0.550**

(0.212)

0.018

(0.019)

Unemployment duration (years)

− 0.013***

(0.003)

− 0.044***

(0.010)

− 0.151***

(0.034)

− 0.066***

(0.015)

− 0.080***

(0.017)

− 0.159***

(0.037)

− 0.004*

(0.002)

Number of previous unemployment episodes

0.011

(0.020)

0.017

(0.044)

0.119

(0.236)

0.035

(0.066)

− 0.001

(0.075)

0.014

(0.150)

0.054***

(0.015)

Age

0.047***

(0.011)

0.124***

(0.029)

0.439***

(0.121)

0.200***

(0.044)

0.130**

(0.050)

0.097

(0.073)

0.006

(0.007)

Age2

− 0.001***

(0.000)

− 0.002***

(0.000)

− 0.006***

(0.001)

− 0.002***

(0.001)

− 0.002**

(0.001)

− 0.002#

(0.001)

− 0.000

(0.000)

Migration background

− 0.027

(0.038)

− 0.016

(0.093)

− 0.143

(0.428)

0.231

(0.141)

0.066

(0.165)

0.155

(0.206)

0.021

(0.025)

Education (R: elementary) (CASMIN)

 Secondary

0.041

(0.038)

0.207*

(0.086)

0.899*

(0.415)

0.252#

(0.146)

− 0.093

(0.161)

− 0.051

(0.251)

0.007

(0.023)

 Maturity

0.083

(0.056)

0.299*

(0.125)

1.095#

(0.648)

0.190

(0.200)

0.208

(0.250)

0.329

(0.290)

− 0.062*

(0.031)

 Tertiary

0.139**

(0.053)

0.363**

(0.117)

1.750**

(0.607)

0.358*

(0.171)

0.285

(0.236)

− 0.185

(0.297)

0.091*

(0.036)

Married

− 0.066

(0.042)

− 0.108

(0.106)

− 0.412

(0.470)

− 0.132

(0.164)

− 0.225

(0.205)

0.150

(0.241)

− 0.004

(0.027)

Household size

− 0.002

(0.017)

− 0.038

(0.046)

− 0.190

(0.194)

− 0.119#

(0.061)

− 0.010

(0.094)

0.030

(0.104)

0.004

(0.012)

Household income

0.005#

(0.003)

0.015#

(0.008)

0.068#

(0.036)

0.032**

(0.012)

0.008

(0.017)

− 0.017

(0.019)

0.003

(0.002)

West Germany

− 0.082*

(0.034)

− 0.249**

(0.081)

− 1.080**

(0.375)

− 0.384**

(0.136)

− 0.134

(0.150)

0.115

(0.238)

− 0.000

(0.021)

Constant

− 0.383

(0.240)

− 1.879**

(0.626)

− 4.198

(2.666)

− 3.340***

(0.969)

− 0.939

(1.111)

− 3.617*

(1.660)

0.135

(0.162)

Observations

1027

1027

1027

1020

1020

1025

1260

(Pseudo) R-squared

0.097

 

0.095

   

0.143

  1. Weighted to account for panel attrition from wave 7 to 8; Outcome variables Models 1 to 5: job search activity (yes/no); number of job search methods; job search intensity; number of hours spent searching; number of applications; Outcome variables Models 6 and 7: number of job interviews; employed (yes/no)
  2. Robust standard errors in parentheses; ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, #p < 0. 1 0
  3. Estimation methods: alinear regression, bnegative binomial count data regression