Understanding the effect of loneliness on unemployment: propensity score matching

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Table 3 PSM sensitivity analysis

Sensitivity analysis	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Sensitivity analysis	Observations	ATE [95%CI]	Observations	ATE [95%CI]	Observations	ATE [95%CI]
Lonely sometimes or often	19,566	0.084*** [0.071,0.097]	18,833	0.091*** [0.077,0.104]	15,675	0.082*** [0.069,0.095]
Male	9,047	0.207*** [0.156,0.257]	8,669	0.170*** [0.123,0.217]	7,260	0.198*** [0.152,0.243]
Female	10,519	0.158*** [0.118,0.197]	10,164	0.173*** [0.137,0.209]	8,413	0.159*** [0.125,0.193]
Excluding permanently sick/disabled	18,751	0.083*** [0.052,0.114]	18,014	0.088*** [0.060,0.116]	14,898	0.062*** [0.037,0.087]
Including life satisfaction	19,544	0.101*** [0.052,0.150]	18,809	0.084*** [0.042,0.126]	15,646	0.126*** [0.088,0.164]
Including work limiting physical health	19,499	0.064*** [0.034,0.094]	18,769	0.071*** [0.041,0.100]	15,595	0.077*** [0.051,0.102]
Excluding marital status and household composition	19,659	0.181*** [0.153,0.209]	18,957	0.191*** [0.161,0.222]	15,819	0.166*** [0.139,0.194]

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