Table A.1.
Variable description
| Variable | Mean |
|---|---|
| Dependent variables | |
| Died between t+1 and t+7 | 0.110 |
| Health problems diagnosed between t+1 and t+5 | |
| Cancer | 0.055 |
| Circulatory disease | 0.044 |
| Stroke | 0.023 |
| Respiratory disease | 0.013 |
| Digestive disease | 0.011 |
| Genitourinary disease | 0.010 |
| Healthy lifestyles | |
| Not overweight (BMI<25) | 0.483 |
| Nonsmoker currently | 0.705 |
| Exercise (more than 1 hour a week) | 0.456 |
| Control variables | |
| Age-gender | |
| Male between 40 and 50 | 0.160 |
| Female between 40 and 50 (reference category) | 0.179 |
| Male between 50 and 60 | 0.137 |
| Female between 50 and 60 | 0.142 |
| Male between 60 and 70 | 0.098 |
| Female between 60 and 70 | 0.099 |
| Male between 70 and 80 | 0.063 |
| Female between 70 and 80 | 0.072 |
| Male 80+ | 0.019 |
| Female 80+ | 0.030 |
| Married | 0.751 |
| Has children | 0.251 |
| Highest degree of education attained | |
| Primary education (reference category) | 0.256 |
| Lower vocational education | 0.196 |
| Lower general or scientific secondary education | 0.090 |
| Higher vocational, general or scientific secondary education | 0.271 |
| Higher vocational education or a university degree | 0.188 |
| Home owner | 0.631 |
| Preference shifters | |
| Religion | |
| Catholic | 0.359 |
| Protestant - Dutch reformed | 0.174 |
| Protestant - Presbyterian | 0.074 |
| Other protestant (reference category) | 0.327 |
| Muslim | 0.009 |
| Other religion, or not religious | 0.057 |
| Region | |
| North | 0.120 |
| East | 0.231 |
| West (reference category) | 0.404 |
| South | 0.245 |
| Urbanization | |
| Very low population density (reference category) | 0.178 |
| Low population density | 0.240 |
| Average population density | 0.221 |
| High population density | 0.242 |
| Very high population density | 0.120 |