Table 2.

Decomposition results for socioeconomic inequality

Variables	Weighted mean	Marginal effect	Concentration index(CI)	Contribution (CISAH = −0.145)	Percentage contribution	Per category (%)
Gender						2.9
Female	0.059	0.119*	−0.037	−0.004	2.9
Age, Years
26-35	0.227	0.025	−0.029	−0.002	1.2	4.9
36-45	0.209	0.042*	0.064	0.007	−4.0
46-55	0.171	0.032	0.070	0.005	−2.7
56-65	0.104	0.064*	−0.081	−0.006	3.9
66+	0.092	0.082*	−0.143	−0.013	7.7
Marital Status
Single	0.169	−0.007	0.069	−0.001	0.6	1.7
Divorced-Separated	0.010	0.037	0.022	0.001	−0.1
Widowed	0.071	0.016	−0.142	−0.002	1.2
Educational Status
Secondary	0.254	0.051	0.181	0.028	−16.8	70.7
Primary	0.467	0.087*	−0.029	−0.032	19.4
Less than primary	0.195	0.220*	−0.221	−0.113	68.1
Setting						0.1
Rural	0.385	0.002	−0.017	0.000	0.1
Chronic Disease						0.3
Yes	0.188	0.051	−0.005	0.000	0.3
Wealth Quintiles
4th	0.195	−0.005	0.418	−0.004	2.9	9.7
3th	0.204	−0.003	0.060	0.000	0.2
2nd	0.203	−0.012	−0.357	0.010	−6.2
1st(poorest)	0.201	0.011	−0.831	−0.021	12.8
Geographic residence
West	0.460	0.014	0.095	0.007	−4.4	8.4
Black Sea	0.108	0.021	−0.004	0.000	0.1
Middle	0.176	0.042*	0.022	−0.007	4.7
East	0.138	0.043*	−0.088	−0.013	8.0
Total sum contribution				−0.166	100	100
Residual(Unexplained)				0.021

*p < 0.05.

Reference groups were males, age group 18–25, married, high school-university, urban, no chronic disease, wealth quintile 5(richest); geographic residence:Mediterranean.