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Table 8 Language access and Medicaid take-up rates: Spanish speakers

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

 

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Spanish-speaking definition

All Spanish- speaking countries

Puerto Rico and Mexico

Mexico

LA

− 0.0128

− 0.0115

− 0.0280***

 

(0.0108)

(0.00992)

(0.00975)

LEP

0.0755***

0.0530***

0.0585***

 

(0.0129)

(0.00970)

(0.00889)

SPAN

0.0386***

0.0584***

− 0.0629***

 

(0.00833)

(0.00839)

(0.00932)

LA*LEP

0.0302*

0.0254**

0.0148

 

(0.0169)

(0.0118)

(0.0109)

LA*SPAN

− 0.0167*

− 0.0265***

0.00170

 

(0.00972)

(0.0100)

(0.0108)

LEP*SPAN

− 0.0876***

− 0.0798***

− 0.0806***

 

(0.0142)

(0.0122)

(0.0122)

LA*LEP*SPAN

− 0.00349

0.00757

0.0207

 

(0.0189)

(0.0155)

(0.0153)

Age

− 1.20e −05

2.27e −05

− 0.000369*

 

(0.000195)

(0.000195)

(0.000195)

Female

0.0553***

0.0555***

0.0535***

 

(0.00353)

(0.00353)

(0.00352)

No. of ppl in hh

0.0251***

0.0250***

0.0278***

 

(0.00113)

(0.00114)

(0.00113)

Constant

0.259***

0.259***

0.316***

 

(0.0306)

(0.0303)

(0.0303)

Observations

78,894

78,894

78,894

R-squared

0.191

0.191

0.194

  1. Notes: Robust standard errors are in parentheses
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1