Table 2:  Multilevel Regression of Support for Income Redistribution
  M0 M1 M2 M3 M4
Individual-level Variables                    
   Economic threat of migration 0.040 *** 0.040 *** 0.040 *** 0.037 *
   Cultural threat of migration -0.027 ** -0.027 ** -0.026 ** -0.026 **
   Welfare abuse of migrants -0.005 -0.005 -0.005 -0.008
   Left-Right-Scale -0.235 *** -0.235 *** -0.235 *** -0.235 ***
   Gender (man=1) -0.097 *** -0.097 *** -0.097 *** -0.095 ***
   Age 0.041 *** 0.041 *** 0.040 *** 0.041 ***
   Age2 -0.021 ** -0.021 ** -0.021 ** -0.021 **
   Household income  -0.130 *** -0.130 *** -0.130 *** -0.128 ***
   Education
      ISCED 0-1 0.129 ** 0.129 ** 0.128 ** 0.129 **
      ISCED 2 0.136 ** 0.137 ** 0.136 ** 0.133 **
      ISCED 3 0.117 ** 0.118 ** 0.117 ** 0.110 **
      ISCED 4 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
      ISCED 5-6 -0.061 -0.061 -0.062 -0.068
   Bad health status 0.059 *** 0.058 *** 0.058 *** 0.059 ***
   Married/Civilian partnership 0.041 ** 0.040 ** 0.040 ** 0.038 **
   Employment Status
      In paid work -0.012 -0.012 -0.012 -0.011
      In education -0.111 ** -0.111 ** -0.112 ** -0.108 **
      Unemployed 0.087 * 0.087 * 0.087 * 0.082 *
      Not in labor force Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Country-level Variables
   Salience pro-welfare issues 0.177 ** 0.173 **
   Salience anti-migrant issues 0.022 0.025
      * Economic threat of migration 0.010
      * Cultural threat of migration -0.010
      * Welfare abuse of migrants  -0.028 **
   Welfare Regime
      Liberal Ref. Ref. Ref.
      Socio-democratic -0.082 -0.326 * -0.330
      Conservative 0.255 0.138 0.140
Constant 0.020 -0.008 -0.107 0.049 0.051
Variance Components                    
Var(Constant) 0.0917 *** 0.0756 *** 0.0502 *** 0.0289 *** 0.0283 ***
Var(Economic threat of migration) 0.0025 ***
Var(Cultural threat of migration)
Var(Welfare abuse of migrants)
Var(Residuals) 0.9197 *** 0.8202 *** 0.8202 *** 0.8202 *** 0.8171 ***
Statistics                    
N 14 14 14 14 14
n 17,792 17,792 17,792 17,792 17,792
R2 Level 2 (Snijders/Bosker) 0% 17.53% 44.90% 67.93% 67.35%
R2 Level 1 (Snijders/Bosker) 0% 11.44% 13.94% 16.05% 16.09%
Log Likelihood -24,534.78 -23,515.12 -23,512.30 -23,508.52 -23,485.24
Wald chi2(df) - 2,160.84 2,169.27 2,187.43 2,162.46
AIC  49,075.57 47,070.24 47,068.59 47,065.05 47,026.49
Notes: * p<.05, ** p<.01, *** p<.001 (one-sided tests). All continuous variables are z-standardized.
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