Table 2

Poisson Estimates of Effect of County-Level K–12 Foot Traffic on Youth and Young Adult Suicides, Pooled 2019 and 2020

Youth Ages 12–18Young Adults Ages 19–25
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)
K–12 foot traffic0.163***0.198***0.231***0.134*0.149**−0.0231−0.00427−0.006940.004300.00377
(0.0549)(0.0580)(0.0556)(0.0740)(0.0717)(0.0213)(0.0191)(0.0241)(0.0239)(0.0240)
Restaurant foot traffic0.07730.155***0.154***0.0790**0.0689*0.0635*
(0.0560)(0.0556)(0.0545)(0.0361)(0.0371)(0.0374)
Any COVID deaths0.07860.08350.06940.04970.04650.0455
(0.0513)(0.0512)(0.0527)(0.0432)(0.0437)(0.0441)
County death rate0.913**0.7171.048**0.2820.3190.265
(0.461)(0.453)(0.514)(0.484)(0.488)(0.453)
Personal income−0.0639−0.05640.0174−0.288*−0.290*−0.155
(0.210)(0.208)(0.198)(0.149)(0.149)(0.180)
Unemployment rate0.0389**0.0400**0.0447***−0.00111−0.001300.00259
(0.0174)(0.0171)(0.0165)(0.0110)(0.0111)(0.0103)
Divorce rate0.09790.09190.196*0.115*0.116*0.118
(0.134)(0.132)(0.109)(0.0617)(0.0618)(0.0765)
Observations74,66074,66074,66074,66074,66074,66074,66074,66074,66074,660
County fixed effects?YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Year fixed effects?NoYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYes
Restaurant–bar foot traffic?NoNoYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYes
COVID-19 deaths?NoNoYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYes
Macro econ controls?NoNoYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYes
Summer months FE?NoNoNoYesYesNoNoNoYesYes
Census division-by-year FE?NoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoYes
  • Notes: Standard errors are clustered at the state level. Each regression uses population in each county times the number of days in a month as an exposure variable. COVID-19 deaths are coded as zero until the first documented COVID-19 related deaths, which occurred in March 2020. *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.