Table 4 Language access and Medicaid take-up rates: 1998–2008 sample
From: Word to the mother(tongue): language access and Medicaid for Limited English Proficient migrants
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income level cutoff | 20,000 | 22,500 | 25,000 | 27,500 | 30,000 |
LA | − 0.0296* | − 0.0209 | − 0.0357** | − 0.0340*** | − 0.0304** |
(0.0165) | (0.0152) | (0.0142) | (0.0129) | (0.0121) | |
LEP | 0.00601 | 0.0158 | 0.0189** | 0.0163* | 0.0193** |
(0.0109) | (0.0100) | (0.00925) | (0.00858) | (0.00804) | |
LA*LEP | 0.0185 | 0.0131 | 0.00819 | 0.00181 | 0.00134 |
(0.0120) | (0.0111) | (0.0103) | (0.00955) | (0.00896) | |
Age | 0.000724** | 0.000473* | 0.000198 | − 0.000129 | − 0.000162 |
(0.000307) | (0.000284) | (0.000262) | (0.000242) | (0.000228) | |
Female | 0.0556*** | 0.0543*** | 0.0517*** | 0.0490*** | 0.0467*** |
(0.00567) | (0.00521) | (0.00479) | (0.00445) | (0.00418) | |
No. of ppl in hh | 0.0276*** | 0.0278*** | 0.0290*** | 0.0283*** | 0.0269*** |
(0.00187) | (0.00175) | (0.00160) | (0.00150) | (0.00141) | |
Constant | 0.225*** | 0.207*** | 0.203*** | 0.203*** | 0.186*** |
(0.0448) | (0.0423) | (0.0398) | (0.0377) | (0.0346) | |
Observations | 30,183 | 35,595 | 41,169 | 46,960 | 52,653 |
R-squared | 0.207 | 0.200 | 0.197 | 0.193 | 0.189 |