TABLE 3—
Contribution of Diseases to Educational Disparity in the Prevalence of Disability in Base Situation and Under Counterfactual Assumptions of Equal Disease Prevalence and Equal Disabling Impact: Pooled From the Dutch Permanent Survey of Living Conditions, 2001–2007
| Contributions of Diseases to Total Prevalence of Disability Among Groups with a Tertiary and Elementary Education, Percentage Points |
Difference Between Elementary and Tertiary Education Representing Contribution to Disability Disparity, Percentage Points |
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| Disease/Condition | Tertiary (1) | Elementary (2) | Elementary, Counterfactual With Disease Prevalence of Tertiary (3) | Elementary, Counterfactual With Disabling Impact of Tertiary (4) | Base Situation (No Counterfactual) (2 − 1) | Counterfactual With Disease Prevalence of Elementary Equal to Tertiary (3 − 1) | Counterfactual With Disabling Impact of Elementary Equal to Tertiary (4 − 1) |
| Men | |||||||
| DM | 0.00 | 0.71 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 0.45 | 0.00 |
| Stroke | 0.36 | 1.11 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.75 | 0.26 | 0.26 |
| Heart disease | 0.43 | 1.22 | 0.83 | 0.64 | 0.79 | 0.40 | 0.21 |
| PVD | 0.14 | 1.44 | 0.52 | 0.37 | 1.30 | 0.38 | 0.24 |
| Cancer | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.06 | −0.02 |
| CNSLD | 0.54 | 1.18 | 0.66 | 0.98 | 0.63 | 0.12 | 0.43 |
| Back pain | 0.25 | 3.26 | 1.58 | 0.51 | 3.01 | 1.33 | 0.26 |
| Arthritis | 0.32 | 0.48 | 0.31 | 0.48 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.17 |
| Neck/arm conditions | 0.19 | 2.26 | 1.05 | 0.41 | 2.07 | 0.86 | 0.22 |
| Other | 0.53 | 3.56 | 3.12 | 0.61 | 3.03 | 2.59 | 0.08 |
| Background | 5.77 | 12.36 | 12.86 | 13.27 | 6.59 | 7.09 | 7.50 |
| Total (prevalence of disability) | 8.67 | 27.76 | 22.20 | 18.02 | 19.09 | 13.52 | 9.35 |
| Women | |||||||
| DM | 0.00 | 0.89 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.89 | 0.21 | 0.00 |
| Stroke | 0.29 | 0.78 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.13 | 0.23 |
| Heart disease | 0.80 | 0.96 | 0.55 | 1.31 | 0.16 | −0.25 | 0.51 |
| PVD | 0.25 | 0.70 | 0.33 | 0.54 | 0.44 | 0.08 | 0.28 |
| Cancer | 0.26 | 1.10 | 1.30 | 0.22 | 0.84 | 1.04 | −0.04 |
| CNSLD | 0.23 | 1.44 | 0.98 | 0.33 | 1.21 | 0.76 | 0.10 |
| Back pain | 1.30 | 3.81 | 2.82 | 1.71 | 2.50 | 1.52 | 0.41 |
| Arthritis | 1.16 | 4.85 | 4.17 | 1.32 | 3.68 | 3.00 | 0.15 |
| Neck/arm conditions | 1.19 | 1.28 | 0.91 | 1.62 | 0.09 | −0.28 | 0.43 |
| Other | 0.16 | 3.25 | 2.77 | 0.18 | 3.09 | 2.61 | 0.02 |
| Background | 9.83 | 16.60 | 17.12 | 18.10 | 6.77 | 7.29 | 8.27 |
| Total (prevalence of disability) | 15.48 | 35.66 | 31.59 | 25.85 | 20.18 | 16.12 | 10.37 |
Note. CNSLD = chronic nonspecific lung disease; DM = diabetes mellitus; PVD = peripheral vascular disease. Estimates were weighed and age-standardized to the study population of men and women. The sample size was n = 24 883.