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Table 4 Effect of CSG on mental health: Second Stage 2SLS, Fixed Effect 2SLS

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

 

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2SLS without covariates

2SLS with covariates

FE 2SLS without covariates.

FE 2SLS with covariates

FE 2SLS Male

FE 2SLS Female

Household CSG

0.614***

0.749***

0.621***

0.822***

0.468

1.000***

 

(0.125)

(0.152)

(0.231)

(0.279)

(0.447)

(0.323)

Male

 

0.368***

    
  

(0.051)

    

Age

 

−0.077***

 

0.133*

0.087

0.146

  

(0.009)

 

(0.080)

(0.146)

(0.092)

Age Squared

 

0.001***

 

0.001*

−0.001

0.001**

  

(0.000)

 

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.000)

Age under 19

 

0.517***

 

0.380**

0.734**

0.143

  

(0.098)

 

(0.169)

(0.288)

(0.214)

Economic decision maker

 

−0.135**

 

0.041

−0.073

0.028

  

(0.061)

 

(0.082)

(0.156)

(0.110)

Household Size

 

0.053**

 

0.042

0.014

0.057

  

(0.022)

 

(0.037)

(0.067)

(0.039)

Negative Event

 

−0.208**

 

−0.050

0.386**

−0.215*

  

(0.094)

 

(0.115)

(0.161)

(0.129)

Neighbourhood Theft

 

−0.036

 

0.034

0.043

0.032

  

(0.030)

 

(0.035)

(0.047)

(0.038)

Attrition

 

−0.187*

 

0.015

−0.117

0.088

  

(0.098)

 

(0.132)

(0.194)

(0.152)

Constant

18.588***

21.169***

    
 

(0.128)

(0.326)

    

Year

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Other Government Support

NO

YES

NO

YES

YES

YES

Child Age Dummy

NO

YES

NO

YES

YES

YES

Province

NO

YES

NO

YES

YES

YES

Region

NO

YES

NO

YES

YES

YES

Observations

28,773

28,773

28,773

28,773

9147

19,626

Individuals

  

10,925

10,925

3723

7202

R-squared

0.015

0.065

0.019

0.025

0.026

0.029

  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