Table 3: Multilevel Regression of Support for Income Redistribution - Model Comparisons
  M5 M6 M7  
Individual-level Variables              
   Economic threat of migration 0.037 ** 0.016 0.038 **  
   Cultural threat of migration -0.026 * -0.004 -0.026 *  
   Welfare abuse of migrants -0.007 0.003 -0.008  
   Left-Right-Scale -0.235 *** -0.235 *** -0.235 ***  
   Gender (man=1) -0.095 *** -0.094 *** -0.095 ***  
   Age 0.041 *** 0.040 *** 0.041 ***  
   Age2 -0.021 ** -0.021 ** -0.021 **  
   Household income  -0.128 *** -0.128 *** -0.128 ***  
   Education  
      ISCED 0-1 0.128 ** 0.127 ** 0.129 **  
      ISCED 2 0.133 ** 0.133 ** 0.133 **  
      ISCED 3 0.111 ** 0.111 ** 0.110 **  
      ISCED 4 Ref. Ref. Ref.  
      ISCED 5-6 -0.068 -0.069 -0.068  
   Bad health status 0.058 *** 0.059 *** 0.059 ***  
   Married/Civilian partnership 0.037 ** 0.037 ** 0.037 **  
   Employment Status  
      In paid work -0.012 -0.012 -0.012  
      In education -0.110 ** -0.111 ** -0.109 **  
      Unemployed 0.080 * 0.080 * 0.081 *  
      Not in labor force Ref. Ref. Ref.  
Country-level Variables  
   Salience pro-welfare issues 0.170 ** 0.171 ** 0.170 **  
   Salience anti-migrant issues 0.023 0.023 0.023  
      * Economic threat of migration 0.009  
      * Cultural threat of migration -0.008  
      * Welfare abuse of migrants -0.028 ***  
   Welfare Regime  
      Liberal Ref. Ref. Ref.  
      Social-democratic -0.325 * -0.325 * -0.324 *  
         * Economic threat of migration 0.031  
         * Cultural threat of migration -0.044  
         * Welfare abuse of migrants -0.040
      Conservative 0.141 0.144 0.140
         *Economic threat of migration 0.021
         * Cultural threat of migration -0.013
         * Welfare abuse of migrants 0.009
Constant 0.048 0.048 0.047
Variance Components            
Var(Constant) 0.0287 *** 0.0233 *** 0.0232 ***
Var(Economic threat of migration) 0.0016 *** 0.0017 *** 0.0019 ***
Var(Cultural threat of migration) 0.0008 *** 0.0004 *** 0.0007 ***
Var(Welfare abuse of migrants) 0.0009 *** 0.0004 *** 0.0001 *
Var(Residuals) 0.8167 *** 0.8167 *** 0.8167 ***
Statistics            
N 14 14 14
n 17,792 17,792 17,792
Log Likelihood -23489.057 -23,485.18 -23,484.37
Wald chi2(df) 2,130.53 2,144.87 2,154.97
AIC  47,032.12 47,036.35 47,028.73
Notes: * p<.05, ** p<.01, *** p<.001 (one-sided tests). All continuous variables are z-standardized.
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