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. 2012 Dec 14;11:77. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-77

Table 2.

Contributions to inequality in self-assessed health (n=25,498)

 
Income
Deprivation
Variables Partial effect Elasticity Contribution % Contribution Partial effect Elasticity Contribution % Contribution
Age2
0.124***
0.0878
0.0030
2.34%
0.126***
0.0897
0.0031
2.39%
Age3
0.254***
0.2079
0.0114
8.87%
0.260***
0.2130
0.0117
9.09%
Age4
0.367***
0.1860
−0.0187
−14.50%
0.381***
0.1930
−0.0194
−15.04%
Age5
0.503***
0.1376
−0.0345
−26.79%
0.519***
0.1421
−0.0356
−27.68%
Female
0.032***
0.0558
−0.0013
−0.97%
0.032***
0.0552
−0.0012
−0.97%
Foreign
0.012
0.0021
−0.0003
−0.24%
−0.004
−0.0007
0.0001
0.08%
Couple
−0.020*
−0.0439
−0.0009
−0.72%
−0.009
−0.0202
−0.0004
−0.33%
Ed2
−0.041***
−0.0321
0.0036
2.79%
−0.036***
−0.0279
0.0031
2.43%
Ed3
−0.062***
−0.0440
−0.0031
−2.44%
−0.046***
−0.0324
−0.0023
−1.80%
Ed4
−0.075**
−0.0031
−0.0002
−0.13%
−0.057
−0.0023
−0.0001
−0.10%
Ed5
−0.084***
−0.0688
−0.0238
−18.48%
−0.061***
−0.0500
−0.0173
−13.44%
Unemployed
0.069***
0.0162
−0.0041
−3.18%
0.051***
0.0121
−0.0031
−2.37%
Student
−0.110***
−0.0289
0.0028
2.19%
−0.106***
−0.0279
0.0027
2.12%
Retired
0.141***
0.0633
−0.0089
−6.89%
0.137***
0.0616
−0.0086
−6.71%
Invalid
0.630***
0.0394
−0.0064
−4.95%
0.623***
0.0389
−0.0063
−4.90%
Home
0.070***
0.0297
−0.0069
−5.36%
0.066***
0.0280
−0.0065
−5.05%
Otherinact
0.112***
0.0167
−0.0043
−3.31%
0.105***
0.0155
−0.0040
−3.09%
Part-time
0.005
0.0009
−0.0089
−0.01%
−0.002
−0.0004
0.0041
0.00%
Freqfam2
−0.014
−0.0112
−0.0007
−0.55%
−0.012
−0.0096
−0.0006
−0.47%
Freqfam3
0.018
0.0094
−0.0005
−0.42%
0.013
0.0066
−0.0004
−0.30%
Freqfriend2
0.020*
0.0141
0.0009
0.72%
0.017*
0.0124
0.0008
0.63%
Freqfriend3
0.088***
0.0374
−0.0064
−4.97%
0.080***
0.0340
−0.0058
−4.50%
Contfam2
- 0.014
−0.0103
0.0004
0.32%
−0.015
−0.0108
0.0004
0.33%
Contfam3
- 0.007
−0.0025
0.0004
0.30%
−0.009
−0.0033
0.0005
0.40%
Contfriend2
0.020*
0.0152
−0.0001
−0.09%
0.017
0.0128
−0.0001
−0.07%
Contfriend3
0.035***
0.0214
−0.0050
−3.88%
0.022*
0.0139
−0.0032
−2.51%
Particip
0.008
0.0187
0.0005
0.36%
0.008
0.0169
0.0004
0.32%
Density2
0.001
0.0009
0.0000
−0.04%
0.002
0.0016
−0.0001
−0.07%
Density3
0.006
0.0057
−0.0009
−0.73%
0.010
0.0089
−0.0015
−1.13%
Dephousing1
0.043***
0.0371
−0.0033
−2.56%
0.026***
0.0219
−0.0019
−1.51%
Dephousing2
0.170***
0.0352
−0.0138
−10.75%
0.112***
0.0231
−0.0091
−7.05%
Eqhincome
−0.007
−0.2336
−0.0084
−6.56%
-
-
-
-
Findepriv1
-
-
-
-
0.054***
0.0362
−0.0033
−2.57%
Findepriv2
-
-
-
-
0.110***
0.1048
−0.0351
−27.28%
Nodentist
-
-
-
-
0.100***
0.0109
−0.0034
−2.61%
Reg2
−0.071***
−0.0067
−0.0003
−0.24%
−0.058***
−0.0055
−0.0002
−0.19%
Reg3
−0.108***
−0.0051
−0.0002
−0.19%
−0.102***
−0.0048
−0.0002
−0.18%
Reg4
−0.087***
−0.0141
−0.0026
−2.02%
−0.073***
−0.0118
−0.0022
−1.69%
Reg5
−0.067***
−0.0034
−0.0009
−0.67%
−0.050**
−0.0025
−0.0006
−0.50%
Reg6
−0.073***
−0.0019
0.0000
0.04%
−0.062***
−0.0016
0.0000
0.03%
Reg7
−0.110***
−0.0118
−0.0009
−0.68%
−0.093***
−0.0100
−0.0007
−0.57%
Reg8
−0.090***
−0.0413
−0.0063
−4.86%
−0.081***
−0.0369
−0.0056
−4.36%
Reg9
−0.084***
−0.0177
0.0021
1.62%
−0.077***
−0.0162
0.0019
1.49%
Reg10
−0.114***
−0.0148
0.0018
1.40%
−0.106***
−0.0139
0.0017
1.31%
Reg11
−0.111***
−0.0091
0.0028
2.17%
−0.111***
−0.0091
0.0028
2.17%
Reg12
−0.105***
−0.0582
−0.0100
−7.81%
−0.096***
−0.0535
−0.0092
−7.17%
Reg13
−0.109***
−0.0408
0.0010
0.79%
−0.109***
−0.0406
0.0010
0.79%
Reg14
−0.101***
−0.0070
−0.0011
−0.82%
−0.096***
−0.0066
−0.0010
−0.78%
Reg15
−0.095***
−0.0544
0.0090
7.00%
−0.098***
−0.0560
0.0093
7.21%
Reg16
−0.042**
−0.0041
0.0004
0.29%
−0.041**
−0.0040
0.0004
0.28%
Reg17
−0.076***
−0.0004
0.0001
0.04%
−0.073**
−0.0004
0.0001
0.04%
Reg18
−0.060*
−0.0003
0.0000
−0.02%
−0.051
−0.0002
0.0000
−0.01%
Reg19
−0.087***
−0.0131
0.0022
1.68%
−0.096***
−0.0145
0.0024
1.85%
Residual
 
 
0.0038
2.91%
 
 
0.0181
14.04%
Total       −100.00%       −100.00%

* p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.