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Table 5 Comparison of model estimates - with and without attrition weights and multiple imputations - GHQ-15

From: Cultural events – does attendance improve health? Evidence from a Polish longitudinal study

 

pooled OLS estimator

fixed-effects model

fixed-effects model with IV

Independent variable

No weighs, no imputations

Attrition weighs, no imputations

No weighs, multiple imputations (10)

No weighs, no imputations

Attrition weighs, no imputations

No weighs, multiple imputations (10)

No weighs, no imputations

Attrition weighs, no imputations

No weighs, multiple imputations (10)

 Constant

2.605** (0.430)

2.588** (0.427)

3.648* (0.328)

5.686*** (0.464)

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5.564*** (0.347)

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 Cultural participation

0.001 (0.020)

0.001 (0.020)

0.009 (0.012)

−0.013 (0.023)

−0.013 (0.019)

−0.001 (0.019)

−0.054 (0.609)

−0.056 (0.353)

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Control variables

         

 Gender (ref. female)

1.119*** (0.037)

1.193*** (0.036)

0.830** (0.056)

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 Age

0.088*** (0.001)

0.088*** (0.001)

0.085*** (0.003)

−0.024** (0.008)

−0.024*** (0.008)

0.014 (0.008)

−0.024** (0.008)

−0.024** (0.008)

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 Education

−0.046* (0.010)

−0.046* (0.010)

−0.052* (0.008)

0.028 (0.016)

0.027 (0.018)

−0.023 (0.012)

0.028 (0.018)

0.028 (0.018)

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 Unemployed (ref. others)

−0.195* (0.046)

−0.193* (0.046)

−0.294 (0.065)

−0.191* (0.090)

−0.190** (0.084)

−0.226* (0.095)

−0.193* (0.087)

−0.193* (0.087)

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 ln (income)

−0.477** (0.072)

−0.474** (0.071)

−0.501* (0.042)

−0.002 (0.055)

0.001 (0.059)

−0.230*** (0.044)

0.005 (0.063)

0.004 (0.064)

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Instruments

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

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Observations

50,661

50,661

144,481

50,661

50,661

144,481

50,661

50,661

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  1. *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05; robust and clustered standard errors of estimates in parentheses; IV instrumental variables; models presented in the paper are emboldened
  2. To facilitate comparisons we repeated the estimates from Table 1 (in bold)