Table 7.
Percentage contributions of each covariate in the decomposition of education-related oral health inequality
| Variables/Country | Austria (%) | Germany (%) | Sweden (%) | Netherlands (%) | Spain (%) | Italy (%) | France (%) | Denmark (%) | Switzerland (%) | Belgium (%) | Czech Republic (%) | Luxembourg (%) | Slovenia (%) | Estonia (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 18.54 | 24.88 | 29.47 | 15.75 | 33.55 | 37.36 | 27.39 | 20.77 | 36.87 | 17.11 | 11.06 | 25.59 | 32.00 | 24.50 |
| Male | −0.65 | −3.28 | 0.62 | −0.49 | −1.04 | 0.73 | −1.51 | 0.13 | −2.35 | −0.63 | −0.67 | −0.72 | −0.89 | 0.59 |
| Wealth | 7.31 | 6.06 | 4.67 | 2.08 | 2.70 | 3.53 | 4.87 | 2.08 | 1.23 | 1.88 | 2.50 | 8.15 | 3.14 | 1.25 |
| Income | 4.49 | 6.25 | 8.89 | 9.46 | 1.55 | 3.26 | 10.16 | 4.93 | 5.51 | 8.24 | 0.35 | 7.48 | 5.50 | 2.08 |
| Longstanding illness | −0.40 | 1.44 | 0.43 | 0.75 | 2.00 | 2.20 | 1.55 | 0.74 | 0.36 | 0.42 | 3.76 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.06 |
| Visited dentist in past 12 months | 14.06 | 8.40 | 4.18 | 29.83 | -1.22 | −1.35 | 7.37 | 15.50 | 12.15 | 16.43 | 19.12 | 16.36 | 6.20 | 13.21 |
| Economic status (reference: retired) | ||||||||||||||
| Employed | 2.12 | −0.48 | −1.65 | 2.64 | 4.21 | 5.24 | −0.60 | 1.58 | −5.23 | 1.89 | 3.65 | 5.50 | 3.59 | 7.84 |
| Unemployed | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.02 | −0.27 | 0.47 | −0.01 | −0.33 | −0.09 | 0.45 | −0.06 | 0.14 | 0.08 | −0.27 | 0.01 |
| Sick | −0.29 | 0.65 | 0.01 | −0.05 | −0.03 | −1.00 | −0.13 | 0.16 | 1.08 | 0.57 | −0.15 | 1.37 | 0.10 | 0.40 |
| Home maker/other | 1.56 | 0.72 | −0.01 | 0.05 | −0.40 | −3.54 | 0.98 | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.41 | −0.01 | 0.02 | 3.35 | 0.12 |
| Self-assessed health (reference: excellent) | ||||||||||||||
| Very good | −1.37 | 0.18 | −0.18 | −0.50 | −0.05 | 3.29 | 0.10 | −0.29 | −0.29 | −3.63 | 3.63 | 0.03 | 4.30 | −0.01 |
| Good | 0.64 | −1.08 | 0.26 | 0.18 | −1.23 | 2.66 | −0.88 | 0.45 | 3.09 | 0.76 | −0.36 | −0.06 | −0.28 | −3.16 |
| Fair | 7.18 | 5.37 | 5.76 | 1.46 | 4.13 | −0.13 | 5.41 | 1.72 | 3.19 | 4.64 | −0.63 | 2.24 | 0.29 | 2.73 |
| Poor | 3.23 | 3.94 | 1.39 | 0.51 | 6.83 | 3.86 | 2.41 | 1.88 | 0.48 | 1.53 | −0.26 | 3.35 | 1.78 | 7.29 |
| Education attainmenta (reference: (pre-) primary) | ||||||||||||||
| Secondary | −13.45 | −24.71 | −21.17 | −9.09 | 12.41 | 16.07 | 3.16 | −39.00 | −35.37 | −11.17 | −9.74 | 7.87 | −5.43 | −15.29 |
| Post-secondary/tertiary | 48.95 | 59.81 | 60.13 | 39.65 | 17.37 | 22.28 | 34.41 | 86.91 | 76.87 | 55.01 | 36.48 | 27.69 | 38.14 | 44.41 |
| Marital status (reference: married) | ||||||||||||||
| Single | −0.90 | −0.63 | −2.28 | −5.50 | 0.45 | −2.51 | −3.27 | 0.66 | −1.14 | −0.50 | −0.54 | −1.73 | −2.67 | −0.80 |
| Sep/div | 0.08 | −0.01 | −0.24 | 0.20 | −1.45 | −0.28 | −0.79 | −0.01 | 0.16 | −0.19 | 0.01 | 0.06 | −0.15 | −0.39 |
| Widowed | 1.36 | 4.06 | 2.69 | 3.30 | 5.07 | 7.22 | 4.85 | 1.47 | 2.85 | 0.18 | 3.22 | 0.48 | 4.49 | 3.04 |