Table 6.
Percentage contributions of each covariate in the decomposition of income-related oral health inequality
| Variables/Country | Austria (%) | Germany (%) | Sweden (%) | Netherlands (%) | Spain (%) | Italy (%) | France (%) | Denmark (%) | Switzerland (%) | Belgium (%) | Czech (%) | Luxembourg (%) | Slovenia (%) | Estonia (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 28.44 | 38.39 | 47.55 | 26.74 | 40.31 | 50.58 | 24.04 | 37.99 | 50.13 | 31.37 | 38.49 | 25.35 | 41.86 | 42.47 |
| Male | −0.54 | −1.46 | −2.46 | −0.53 | −2.12 | 0.72 | −1.80 | 0.33 | −1.84 | −1.45 | −0.67 | −0.40 | −0.91 | −2.59 |
| Wealth | 13.45 | 9.18 | 7.53 | 4.05 | 4.09 | 5.33 | 7.14 | 3.48 | 1.63 | 2.46 | 3.61 | 10.14 | 4.95 | 2.39 |
| Income | 21.66 | 17.44 | 24.96 | 27.00 | 6.57 | 13.94 | 31.69 | 10.57 | 20.73 | 23.66 | 1.91 | 23.23 | 21.43 | 12.98 |
| Longstanding illness | −0.45 | 1.71 | 0.86 | 0.94 | 2.75 | 1.55 | 1.98 | 1.21 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 5.96 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.09 |
| Visited dentist in past 12 months | 13.47 | 8.51 | 4.77 | 34.61 | −1.43 | −1.18 | 7.34 | 12.78 | 12.14 | 18.07 | 21.64 | 16.63 | 7.10 | 12.85 |
| Economic status (reference: retired) | ||||||||||||||
| Employed | 3.22 | −0.77 | −2.96 | 5.34 | 5.63 | 7.84 | −0.81 | 3.16 | −6.63 | 3.66 | 8.43 | 5.92 | 4.76 | 17.42 |
| Unemployed | 0.15 | 0.71 | 0.12 | −0.79 | −0.42 | −0.21 | 0.62 | 0.01 | 0.54 | −0.44 | 0.18 | 0.17 | −0.83 | −0.08 |
| Sick | −0.73 | 0.32 | −0.17 | −0.17 | −0.03 | −1.35 | −0.32 | 0.11 | 1.22 | 0.83 | −0.05 | 1.81 | 0.19 | 0.78 |
| Home maker/other | 1.26 | 0.34 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.76 | −5.04 | 1.14 | 0.39 | 0.07 | 0.50 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 3.02 | 0.13 |
| Self-assessed health (reference: excellent) | ||||||||||||||
| Very good | −1.28 | 0.20 | −0.19 | −0.62 | −0.06 | 3.32 | 0.12 | −0.28 | −0.34 | −3.93 | 3.17 | 0.02 | 2.51 | −0.01 |
| Good | 1.52 | −0.78 | 0.25 | 0.29 | −1.35 | 3.47 | −0.45 | 0.39 | 1.90 | 1.11 | 1.48 | −0.04 | −0.30 | −4.60 |
| Fair | 6.52 | 5.81 | 7.96 | 1.60 | 4.50 | −0.28 | 5.17 | 2.25 | 4.63 | 5.06 | −0.73 | 1.73 | 0.23 | 4.11 |
| Poor | 3.97 | 3.80 | 3.11 | 0.98 | 7.67 | 3.73 | 3.02 | 2.65 | 1.52 | 1.80 | −0.61 | 3.76 | 1.72 | 9.62 |
| Education attainmenta (reference: (pre-) primary) | ||||||||||||||
| Secondary | −4.69 | −7.85 | −1.87 | −4.98 | 6.42 | 4.52 | 1.15 | −8.25 | −9.90 | −3.94 | −2.75 | 3.89 | −2.09 | −5.29 |
| Post-secondary/tertiary | 17.05 | 19.51 | 21.44 | 22.51 | 11.61 | 10.97 | 18.25 | 27.49 | 23.55 | 23.80 | 10.46 | 11.24 | 15.63 | 16.54 |
| Marital status (reference: married) | ||||||||||||||
| Single | −5.34 | −1.81 | −12.83 | −23.08 | 2.18 | −7.08 | −12.26 | 3.01 | −4.40 | −3.86 | −2.30 | −5.16 | −6.53 | −5.21 |
| Sep/div | −0.27 | 0.23 | 3.01 | 3.31 | 0.45 | 0.34 | 1.72 | 0.05 | −0.58 | 0.79 | −0.07 | −1.70 | 0.35 | 1.37 |
| Widowed | 1.96 | 5.11 | 6.14 | 7.19 | 8.99 | 11.38 | 6.59 | 2.82 | 3.96 | 0.39 | 7.73 | 0.55 | 6.48 | 7.11 |