Behavioural Characteristics and Financial Distress



Table 9: Probit Results of Financial Distress (Dependent Variable: ‘Run Out of Money’
or ‘Arrears’)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Dependent

Run Out of

Run Out of

Arrears

Arrears

Variable

Money

Money

Marginal Std.

Marginal Std.

Marginal Std.

Marginal     Std.

Impact Error

Impact Error

Impact Error

Impact     Error

Male

0.00     0.01

0.00     0.01

0.01     0.01

0.03***      0.01

Age

0.01**    0.00

0.01***   0.00

0.01***   0.00

0.01***      0.00

Age sq.1

-0.01***   0.00

-0.02***   0.00

-0.01***   0.00

-0.01***      0.00

Married2

-0.04***   0.02

-0.02     0.02

-0.02**    0.01

-0.03**      0.01

W/D/S 2

0.04*     0.02

0.04*     0.02

0.08***   0.02

0.07***      0.02

1 Child 2

0.03     0.02

0.03     0.02

0.02     0.01

0.03*       0.02

2 Children 2

0.02     0.02

0.01     0.02

0.01     0.01

0.00        0.01

3+ Children 2

0.08***   0.03

0.06*     0.03

0.06***   0.02

0.05***      0.02

UK

0.05***    0.01

0.03***    0.01

Employed 2

-0.13***   0.02

-0.11***   0.03

-0.07***   0.02

-0.07***      0.02

Retired 2

-0.15***   0.03

-0.13***   0.03

-0.05***   0.02

-0.06**      0.02

Inactive 2

-0.07***   0.02

-0.04     0.03

-0.03*    0.01

-0.02        0.02

College

-0.07***   0.01

-0.04***   0.02

-0.04***   0.01

-0.03**      0.01

Log Income

-0.06***   0.01

-0.05***   0.01

-0.01**    0.01

-0.01        0.01

Debt

0.06***    0.01

0.07***    0.01

0.02**    0.01

-0.02***      0.01

Impulsive

0.12***   0.02

0.13***   0.02

0.05***    0.01

0.06***      0.01

Organised

-0.09***   0.01

-0.09***   0.01

-0.03***   0.01

-0.03***      0.01

Live Today

0.12***    0.01

0.13***    0.01

0.06***    0.01

0.06***      0.01

Literate: 42

-0.01     0.02

-0.01        0.02

Literate: 52

-0.09***   0.02

-0.04***      0.01

Literate: 62

-0.10***   0.02

-0.06***      0.01

N

6,509

5,043

6,514

5,043

LR chi2

1383.30

1147.32

687.55

567.98

Prob chi2

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

Pseudo R2

0.1744

0.1838

0.1253

0.1304

Notes: 1 Marginal Impact for Age sq. is scaled up by 100; 2 Omitted categories for dummy variables are:
‘Single’, ‘No Children’, ‘Unemployed’ and ‘3 or less financial literacy questions answered correctly’.

*** Significant at 1% level; ** Significant at 5% level; * Significant at 10% level.

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