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Table 10 Predicting the date of passage of Medicaid access-improving language access law

From: Word to the mother(tongue): language access and Medicaid for Limited English Proficient migrants

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Sample

Treated states

Less California

States treated after 1993

Treated states

Less California

States treated after 1993

Percent foreign-born

220.2

113.5

− 44.48

− 63.30

− 28.08

5.315

 

(178.9)

(119.0)

(81.43)

(47.97)

(38.07)

(27.70)

    

[0.097]

[0.032]

[0.003]

Percent born in non-English speaking country

− 247.4

− 70.96

189.5*

− 70.90

− 31.62

15.09

 

(244.4)

(160.4)

(102.2)

(60.43)

(48.39)

(30.83)

    

[0.088]

[0.030]

[0.018]

Percent with English as mother tongue

6.989

21.03

30.69*

44.18

31.71

7.504

 

(35.35)

(30.80)

(14.59)

(31.21)

(24.74)

(15.57)

    

[0.097]

[0.089]

[0.020]

Employed-to-unemployed ratio

0.551

0.0691

− 0.0436

0.351

0.0539

0.0994

 

(0.549)

(0.330)

(0.242)

(0.361)

(0.231)

(0.158)

    

[0.058]

[0.002]

[0.033]

Total family income

− 0.00227

− 0.00166

− 0.00153*

− 0.00176*

− 0.00127

− 0.000272

 

(0.00170)

(0.00153)

(0.000784)

(0.000957)

(0.000768)

(0.000545)

    

[0.120]

[0.111]

[0.020]

Governor’s party

− 4.718*

− 5.384*

− 1.744

− 8***

− 6.308**

− 2.556

 

(2.473)

(2.687)

(1.885)

(2.734)

(2.242)

(1.590)

    

[0.224]

[0.246]

[0.152]

Constant

2009***

2002***

1989***

   
 

(34.01)

(28.26)

(14.54)

   

Observations

22

21

17

   

R-squared

0.365

0.355

0.481

   
  1. Notes: Dependent variable is date of passage of Medicaid access-improving language access law. Columns (4)-(6) have covariate as only explanatory variable; R2 in brackets. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. ***p<0.01, **p<0.05, *p<0.1. Democrat = 1 and Republican = 2 for “Governor’s party”