Health effects of unemployment in Europe (2008–2011): a longitudinal analysis of income and financial strain as mediating factors

Table 8 Sensitivity test. Weighted for uneven numbers of Unemployment s and change in unemployment rate (2008–2011). All models control for age and age squared

	Model 0	Model 1b	Model 2b	Model 3b	Model 4b	Model 5b	Model 6b
	Fixed effects	Fixed effects	Fixed effects	Fixed effects	Fixed effects	Fixed effects	Fixed effects
Variables	SRH	SRH	SRH	SRH	SRH	SRH	SRH
Unemployment	−0.041*	−0.040	−0.040	−0.041*	−0.041*	−0.026	−0.042*
	(0.020)	(0.020)	(0.020)	(0.020)	(0.020)	(0.019)	(0.020)
Absolute income		0.025
		(0.038)
Relative income			0.022
			(0.035)
Relative rank				0.004
				(0.007)
Income deprivation					0.126
					(0.161)
Financial strain						−0.057***
						(0.013)
Absolute income – excluding unemployment benefit							0.021
							(0.037)
Unemployment benefit							0.012
							(0.016)
Control for partnership status:
	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO
Observations	16,913	16,913	16,913	16,913	16,913	16,913	16,912
R-squared (within)	0.009	0.010	0.010	0.009	0.009	0.017	0.010
Number of respondents	6,200	6,200	6,200	6,200	6,200	6,200	6,200

Standard errors clustered on countries in parentheses, *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05

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