Table 4

North Carolina county restaurant and bar employment models, LSDVc

County restaurant and bar employment by employer size category, b (SE)
<5 employees5–9 employees10–19 employees20–49 employees50–99 employees
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)
State-wide smoke-free air law indicator37.6** (4.6)25.5 (13.6)111.3** (3.1)85.9** (14.9)333.4** (9.0)262.7** (42.5)863.8** (24.7)651.1** (95.5)558.4** (21.9)447.0** (109.1)
Prior quarter county restaurant and bar employment
(within employer size category)
–0.1 (0.04)–0.1 (0.1)0.08** (0.01)0.1 (0.1)0.1** (0.01)0.1* (0.04)0.01 (0.01)0.03 (0.04)0.01 (0.01)–0.04 (0.07)
County smoking prevalence–3.1 (3.6)–7.6 (4.3)–18.6 (14.3)–28.5 (28.8)–11.0 (28.5)
County non-hospitality employment
(in units of 10 000)
30.8** (4.4)8.8 (10.1)113.6** (2.1)82.0** (12.7)380.2** (8.2)259.2** (36.3)897.9** (17.2)586.7** (58.1)549.1** (10.0)405.9** (81.7)
Years included2001–20142001–20122001–20142001–20122001-20142001–20122001–20142001–20122001–20142001–2012
n (counties)95949393969592916156
n (county-quarter observations)1991168239253325430936644082346120711721
  • Quarter and county fixed effects not shown.

  • *P<0.05; **P<0.01.

  • LSDVc, bias-corrected least squares dummy variable.