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. 2017 Aug 14;7:27. doi: 10.1186/s13561-017-0163-5

Table 1.

Results of the ordered probit regressions for Wave 5

Variables Absolute income IIH
Hypothesis Strong version Weak version
Income 1.84e-06(1.22e-07) 1.84e-06(1.20e-07) 1.89e-06(1.44e-07)
Income squared 2.06e-13(1.55e-14) 2.04e-13(1.50e-14) 2.09e-13(1.73e-14)
Quintiles of income: Reference - Q5
Quintile 1 0.258(0.029)
Quintile 2 0.201(0.028)
Quintile 3 0.115(0.027)
Quintile 4 0.053(0.026)
Index of inequalities (II) - Theil 0.403(0.024) 0.838(0.049)
Interaction quintile 1 and II 0.115(0.069)
Interaction quintile 2 and II 0.114(0.068)
Interaction quintile 3 and II 0.023(0.068)
Interaction quintile 4 and II 0.062(0.068)
GDP 1.99e-06(4.53e-07) 0.0001(0.049)
Age 0.037(0.006) 0.019(0.006) 0.037(0.006)
Age squared 0.0004(0.00004) 0.0003(0.0004) 0.0004(0.00004)
Years of education 0.034(0.001) 0.028(0.001) 0.026(0.001)
Gender =1 if women 0.003(0.009) 0.005(0.009) 0.007(0.009)
Marital Status: Reference - Married
Registered partnership 0.042(0.035) 0.006(0.035) 0.058(0.035)
Married, not living with spouse 0.094(0.039) 0.004(0.039) 0.076(0.039)
Never married 0.071(0.019) 0.023(0.019) 0.023(0.019)
Divorced 0.045(0.015) 0.068(0.016) 0.032(0.018)
Widowed 0.024(0.014) 0.055(0.015) 0.015(0.014)
Job Situation: Reference Retired
Employed 0.253(0.014) 0.224(0.014) 0.246(0.014)
Unemployed 0.212(0.028) 0.103(0.028) 0.176(0.028)
Permanently sick 1.25(0.026) 1.069(0.026) 1.207(0.026)
Home-maker 0.059(0.017) 0.064(0.017) 0.056(0.017)
Other 0.236(0.031) 1.169(0.031) 0.207(0.031)
Mechanisms IIHs:
1 st: % Health expenditure in GDP 0.077(0.003)
2 nd: Received help from others 0.179(0.006)
2 nd bis: Given help from others 0.001(0.0001)
3 rd: Life satisfaction 0.216(0.003)
Cut-point μ 1 0.474(0.216) 0.899(0.219) 0.428(0.215)
Cut-point μ 2 0.615(0.216) 2.076(0.219) 0.632(0.215)
Cut-point μ 3 1.746(0.216) 3.261(0.219) 1.728(0.215)
Cut-point μ 4 2.592(0.216) 4.133(0.219) 2.548(0.215)
ME at mean of absolute income on:
Pr(Poor health) 2.84e-07(1.92e-08) 2.58e-07(1.71e-08) 3.02e-07(2.32e-08)
Pr(Fair health) 3.06e-07(2.05e-08) 2.97e-07(1.95e-08) 3.24e-07(2.49e-08)
Pr(Good health) 8.80e-08(6.44e-09) 6.65e-08(4.97e-09) 9.56e-08(7.80e-09)
Pr(Very good health) 2.65e-07(1.78e-08) 2.55e-07(1.68e-08) 2.79e-07(2.14e-08)
Pr(Excellent health) 2.37e-07(1.59e-08) 2.34e-07(1.54e-08) 2.51e-07(1.92e-08)

For AIH, dummies for countries are included but not reported, and available upon request

***: 1% significant; **: 5% significant; *: 10% significant. Standard deviations are in parentheses, below the coefficients.