Table 6 Effects of unemployment stigma on subjective well-being (H1), health (H2), re-employment expectations (H3) and value placed on employment (H4) without controlling for unemployment duration

Stigma consciousness (0–10)

− 0.318***

(0.033)

− 0.204***

(0.039)

− 0.051***

(0.013)

0.127***

(0.017)

Sample (R: population sample)

− 0.149

(0.234)

− 0.007

(0.303)

0.041

(0.099)

0.026

(0.141)

Employment status at wave 6 (R: employed)

 Unemployed

− 0.287

(0.179)

− 0.275

(0.238)

− 0.267**

(0.081)

− 0.201*

(0.093)

 Out of the labour force

− 0.198

(0.563)

− 0.349

(0.742)

− 0.026

(0.327)

0.183

(0.379)

Male

− 0.355**

(0.114)

− 0.024

(0.144)

0.072

(0.050)

− 0.175**

(0.060)

Age

− 0.099**

(0.038)

− 0.291***

(0.048)

0.005

(0.016)

0.036^#

(0.021)

Age²

0.001*

(0.000)

0.003***

(0.001)

− 0.000*

(0.000)

− 0.000

(0.000)

Migration background

0.348*

(0.135)

0.406*

(0.177)

0.084

(0.064)

0.016

(0.074)

Education (R: elementary) (CASMIN)

 Secondary

− 0.070

(0.131)

− 0.106

(0.169)

0.015

(0.060)

− 0.130^#

(0.073)

 Maturity

− 0.115

(0.176)

0.564*

(0.224)

0.122

(0.086)

− 0.374***

(0.090)

 Tertiary

− 0.155

(0.208)

0.618*

(0.240)

0.169^#

(0.088)

− 0.329***

(0.099)

Married

0.095

(0.151)

− 0.103

(0.188)

− 0.021

(0.068)

0.170*

(0.084)

Household size

0.063

(0.057)

0.062

(0.081)

− 0.043

(0.029)

0.002

(0.037)

Household income

0.010

(0.011)

0.021

(0.015)

0.002

(0.005)

0.009

(0.007)

West Germany

− 0.003

(0.124)

− 0.400**

(0.153)

0.105^#

(0.054)

− 0.079

(0.065)

Constant

9.886***

(0.819)

13.241***

(1.092)

2.834***

(0.369)

− 1.473**

(0.466)

Observations

1278

1278

1278

1278