Table 1.
Mean life satisfaction and slope indices of inequality by welfare regime and gender for each measure of socioeconomic position
| Southern |
Scandinavian |
Post-communist |
Bismarckian |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| 7.56 | 1.56 | 8.44 | 1.34 | 6.94 | 1.98 | 7.76 | 1.55 | |
| SII | 95% CI | SII | 95% CI | SII | 95% CI | SII | 95% CI | |
| Number of books in childhood | 0.49 | (0.23, 0.76) | 0.08 | (−0.18, 0.35) | 0.92 | (0.52, 1.32) | 0.49 | (0.31, 0.66) |
| Education level | 0.74 | (0.47, 1.01) | 0.37 | (0.09, 0.65) | 1.11 | (0.70, 1.52) | 0.54 | (0.36, 0.72) |
| Current wealth | 1.08 | (0.86, 1.29) | 0.73 | (0.48, 0.99) | 1.19 | (0.83, 1.55) | 0.75 | (0.58, 0.91) |
| N | 2,326 | 1,272 | 1,226 | 3,220 | ||||
| Women | ||||||||
| 7.18 | 1.77 | 8.46 | 1.34 | 6.52 | 2.10 | 7.62 | 1.70 | |
| SII | 95% CI | SII | 95% CI | SII | 95% CI | SII | 95% CI | |
| Number of books in childhood | 1.10 | (0.83, 1.36) | 0.13 | (−0.11, 0.37) | 0.96 | (0.60, 1.33) | 0.53 | (0.35, 0.70) |
| Education level | 1.22 | (0.93, 1.51) | 0.13 | (−0.13, 0.38) | 1.39 | (1.00, 1.77) | 0.42 | (0.23, 0.60) |
| Current wealth | 1.09 | (0.87, 1.31) | 0.67 | (0.44, 0.91) | 1.47 | (1.14, 1.80) | 1.00 | (0.83, 1.16) |
| N | 2,743 | 1,429 | 1,613 | 3,868 | ||||
CI, confidence interval; N, number of individuals; SD, standard deviation; SII, slope index of inequality.