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Table 2 Effect of CSG on mental health: Pooled OLS and Fixed Effect estimation

From: The effect of cash transfers on mental health – new evidence from South Africa

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pooled OLS

without covariates

Pooled OLS

with covariates

FE

without covariates

FE

with covariates

Household CSG

0.325***

0.405***

0.449***

0.536***

 

(0.087)

(0.091)

(0.119)

(0.126)

Male

 

0.346***

  
  

(0.051)

  

Age

 

−0.076***

 

0.136*

  

(0.009)

 

(0.080)

Age Squared

 

0.001***

 

0.001

  

(0.000)

 

(0.000)

Age under 19

 

0.513***

 

0.385**

  

(0.097)

 

(0.169)

Economic decision maker

 

−0.143**

 

0.037

  

(0.061)

 

(0.082)

Household Size

 

0.048**

 

0.045

  

(0.022)

 

(0.038)

Negative Event

 

−0.215**

 

−0.048

  

(0.094)

 

(0.116)

Neighbourhood Theft

 

−0.036

 

0.034

  

(0.030)

 

(0.035)

Attrition

 

−0.194**

 

0.014

  

(0.098)

 

(0.132)

Constant

18.778***

21.323***

18.759***

12.149***

 

(0.122)

(0.324)

(0.131)

(3.031)

Year

YES

YES

YES

YES

Other Government Programmes

No

YES

No

YES

Child Age Dummy

No

YES

No

YES

Province

No

YES

No

YES

Region

No

YES

No

YES

Observations

28,773

28,773

28,773

28,773

Individuals

  

10,925

10,925

R-squared

0.016

0.066

0.020

0.025

  1. The outcome variable is CES-D (0–30) the measure for depression; PSU clustered standard errors are in parenthesis; *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1