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Table 4 DiD estimators using different control countries

From: Does household help prevent loneliness among the elderly? An evaluation of a policy reform in the Netherlands

 

9 control countries

Sweden as control country

Denmark as a control country

Germany as a control country

Italy as a control country

Spain as a control country

B

SE

B

SE

B

SE

B

SE

B

SE

B

SE

Gender

0.030*

0.07

0.023

0.017

0.009

0.019

0.039*

0.018

0.044*

0.017

0.040**

0.016

Marital status

−0.199*

0.008

−0.263*

0.025

−0.223*

0.016

−0.260*

0.021

−0.238*

0.022

−0.218*

0.020

Being a foreigner

−0.027*

0.012

−0.029

0.033

−0.116**

0.004

0.043

0.028

−0-083**

0.007

−0.082**

0.040

Received help from others

0.030*

0.008

−0.015

0.020

0.012

0.021

0.049*

0.021

0.033

0.021

0.038

0.020

Number of children

−0.006*

0.002

0.002

0.006

−0.001

0.006

−0.008

0.006

−0.007

0.006

0.000

0.005

Type of settlement

0.007

0.007

0.006

0.021

0.004

0.022

0.019

0.20

0.024

0.018

0.013

0.023

Age

0.000

0.000

−0.001

0.010

−0.001

0.001

−0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

−0.002**

0.001

Household size

−0.037*

0.04

−0.069*

0.016

−0.077*

0.017

−0.062*

0.015

−0.031*

0.011

−0.049*

0.008

Depressed

0.239*

0.008

0.262*

0.021

0.259*

0.024

0.207*

0.022

0.254*

0.011

0.260*

0.018

  

9 control countries

Sweden as control country

Denmark as a control country

Germany as a control country

Italy as a control country

 

B

SE

B

SE

B

SE

B

SE

B

SE

B

SE

Presence of chronic diseases

0.009

0.008

0.30

0.20

−0.015

0.023

0.006

0.022

0.025

0.020

0.009

0.020

Mobility

0.043*

0.007

0.032

0.018

0.058*

0.020

0.058

0.019

0.059*

0.018

0.030

0.017

 

Difference

SE

Difference

SE

Difference

SE

Difference

SE

Difference

SE

Difference

SE

Before

−0.017

0.014

0.05

0.018

0.05

0.020

−0.02

0.020

−0.09

0.021

−0.03

0.021

After

−0.050

0.025

−0.28

0.116

−0.11

0.110

0.06

0.162

−0.18

0.031

−0.05

0.029

DiD (ATT)

−0.033

0.028

−0.033

0.117

−0.17

0.112

0.08

0.163

−0.09

0.036

−0.02

0.034

R2

0.17

 

0.19

 

0.20

 

0.19

 

0.21

 

0.21

 
  1. *p < 0.01
  2. **p < 0.05