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Table 4 Mixed-Effects and Fixed-Effects Linear Models of Self-Rated Health (including all individuals in relationships in wave 1)

From: Self-rated health changes of individuals in same-sex compared to different-sex relationships: a longitudinal study

 

Mixed-Effects Model

Fixed-effects Model

 

b

 

SE

b

 

SE

Union type (ref = Different-sex married)

 Different-Sex Cohabiting

-0.09

***

0.02

   

 Same-Sex Married

0.03

 

0.11

   

 Same-Sex Cohabiting

-0.17

*

0.07

   

 Time

-0.03

***

0

-0.03

***

0

 Time # Different-Sex Cohabiting

0

 

0.01

0

 

0.01

 Time # Same-Sex Married

-0.16

***

0.04

-0.17

***

0.04

 Time # Same-Sex Cohabiting

-0.02

 

0.02

-0.01

 

0.02

 Age

-0.02

***

0

   

 Male

0.03

**

0.01

   

Race (ref = Non-Hispanic White)

 Non-Hispanic Black

-0.2

***

0.02

   

 Hispanic

-0.06

**

0.02

   

 Asian

-0.17

***

0.03

   

 Other

-0.22

***

0.03

   

 Nativity (ref = U.S. born)

-0.1

***

0.02

   

 Metro

0.09

***

0.01

-0.02

 

0.04

Region (ref = Northeast)

 Midwest

-0.07

***

0.02

0.08

 

0.1

 South

-0.14

***

0.02

0.24

**

0.08

 West

-0.03

 

0.02

0.11

 

0.1

Education (ref = Less than High School)

 High School Graduate

0.23

***

0.02

0.03

 

0.03

 Some College

0.34

***

0.02

-0.05

 

0.04

 College Graduate

0.7

***

0.02

0.04

 

0.05

 Minor Child in Household

0

 

0.01

-0.02

 

0.02

 Poverty (ref = not in poverty)

-0.15

***

0.01

-0.05

***

0.01

 Have Health Insurance

0.02

 

0.01

0.03

 

0.01

Union transition (ref = no transition)

 Cohabitation to married

0.08

**

0.02

0.06

*

0.03

 Cohabitation to single

-0.04

 

0.03

-0.01

 

0.04

 Single to cohabitation

-0.05

 

0.07

-0.03

 

0.08

 Single to married

-0.23

**

0.07

-0.21

**

0.08

 Married to single

0.01

 

0.03

0.04

 

0.03

 Married to cohabitation

0

 

0.03

0

 

0.03

 Observations

81,097

81,097

 Number of individuals

25,132

25,132

  1. Unstandardized coefficients (b) reported with standard errors (SE). *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001