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. 2012 Mar 26;11:18. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-18

Table 3.

Results for decomposition of concentration index of mental health in Tehran

Variable Mean Elasticity Cka Absolute contribution to
Cb
Percentage contribution to C (%)
Gender (male)
Gender (female) .6047 .0967 -.0057 -.0005 .9
Ethnicity (Fars) .5918 -.0175 .0667 -.0011
Ethnicity (Azeri)
Ethnicity (other) .1513 -.002 -.0807 .0001 1.9
Employment status (employed)
Employment status (unemployed) .3819 .0306 -.1114 -.0034 6.5
SES (richest)
SES(second richest) .2133 .0084 .3595 .003
SES(middle) .214 .0107 -.0678 -.0007
SES(second poorest) .2132 .0197 -.4951 -.0097
SES(poorest) .1458 .0186 -.8542 -.0158 44.7
Education (academic)
Education (pre-academic) .6834 .047 -.0388 -.0018
Education (illiterate) .101 .0112 -.4714 -.0052 13.4
Health insurance (have)
Health insurance (not have) .2658 .0125 -.13 -.0016 3
Marital status (married) .8653 .0018 .0435 .000
Marital status (widowed) .0973 .0035 -.3353 -.0011
Marital status (divorced) .0171 .0030 -.1063 -.0003
Marital status (single) 2.5
Age group (15-24) .2387 -.0434 .1172 -.005
Age group (25-44) .4387 -.0656 .0235 -.0015
Age group (45-64) .2291 -.0171 .0154 -.0002
Age group (≥ 65) 13.1
Household size (1)
Household size (2-5) .8693 -.0233 .0231 -.0005
Household size (≥ 6) .0861 .0028 .0577 .0001 .6
District 1 .042 .0044 .3335 .0014
District 2 .0421 .0066 .3206 .0021
District 3
District 4 .0696 .017 .1041 .0017
District 5 .0655 .0093 .2709 .0025
District 6 .0414 .0044 .2432 .001
District 7 .0415 .0078 .0417 .0003
District 8 .0475 .0105 .0464 .0004
District 9 .0419 .007 -.1328 -.0009
District 10 .0421 .0093 -.2218 -.002
District 11 .0429 .0055 -.1038 -.0005
District 12 .0432 .0062 -.129 -.0007
District 13 .0428 .0105 -.0301 -.0003
District 14 .0521 .0115 -.1194 -.0013
District 15 .0482 .0482 .0482 -.0026
District 16 .0422 .0422 .0422 -.0028
District 17 .0423 .0423 .0423 -.003
District 18 .0434 .0434 .0434 -.0014
District 19 .0412 .0412 .0412 -.0016
District 20 .0433 .0109 -.169 -.0018
District 21 .0426 .0091 .1167 .001
District 22 .0419 .0091 .2132 .0019 12.5
Ln odds of the mental health 3.036 -.0518 -.0518 (total sum)
Residual component -.0119

a Ck = concentration index of explanatory variables (determinants)

b C = concentration index of mental health