Table 8.
Percentage contributions of each covariate in the decomposition of wealth-related oral health inequality
| Variables/Country | Austria (%) | Germany (%) | Sweden (%) | The Netherlands (%) | Spain (%) | Italy (%) | France (%) | Denmark (%) | Switzerland (%) | Belgium (%) | Czech (%) | Luxembourg (%) | Slovenia (%) | Estonia (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 24.94 | 18.38 | 13.29 | 22.85 | 13.27 | 26.63 | 5.87 | 18.42 | 12.09 | 14.17 | 22.38 | 4.50 | 21.57 | 23.67 |
| Male | −0.41 | −0.78 | −1.62 | −0.45 | −0.44 | 0.76 | −1.27 | 0.30 | −1.21 | −1.56 | −0.30 | −0.16 | −0.76 | −1.83 |
| Wealth | 31.41 | 21.12 | 23.11 | 10.34 | 14.10 | 21.30 | 23.61 | 10.49 | 6.82 | 10.70 | 10.52 | 31.78 | 29.56 | 10.63 |
| Income | 7.76 | 7.88 | 14.77 | 15.55 | 2.47 | 5.96 | 17.40 | 6.63 | 7.12 | 13.55 | 0.55 | 11.18 | 12.68 | 5.49 |
| Longstanding illness | −0.50 | 1.89 | 0.54 | 1.33 | 2.14 | 2.99 | 2.20 | 1.57 | 0.48 | 0.86 | 4.61 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 0.08 |
| Visited dentist in past 12 months | 16.19 | 9.88 | 10.24 | 40.05 | −1.02 | −1.98 | 7.92 | 19.98 | 21.20 | 22.37 | 25.11 | 25.39 | 11.90 | 19.18 |
| Economic status (reference: retired) | ||||||||||||||
| Employed | 2.01 | −0.38 | −0.69 | 3.91 | 4.09 | 3.03 | −0.17 | 1.71 | −2.47 | 1.78 | 4.63 | 2.85 | 1.82 | 11.23 |
| Unemployed | 0.15 | 1.14 | 0.19 | −1.08 | −1.57 | −0.32 | 0.75 | −0.17 | 1.37 | −0.79 | 0.17 | 0.26 | −1.82 | −0.15 |
| Sick | −0.85 | 1.19 | −0.12 | −0.20 | −0.07 | −2.03 | −0.45 | 0.23 | 2.46 | 2.33 | −0.14 | 2.43 | 0.50 | 0.70 |
| Home maker/other | 0.29 | −0.31 | −0.04 | 0.00 | 0.30 | −3.76 | −0.11 | 0.12 | −0.27 | 0.13 | −0.02 | −0.01 | 2.88 | 0.15 |
| Self-assessed health (reference: excellent) | ||||||||||||||
| Very good | −0.96 | 0.17 | −0.15 | −0.56 | −0.07 | 2.04 | 0.15 | −0.31 | −0.53 | −5.40 | 2.37 | 0.01 | 7.61 | −0.01 |
| Good | −0.25 | −0.87 | 0.22 | 0.50 | −1.53 | 3.06 | −0.20 | 0.34 | 3.22 | −0.38 | 1.21 | −0.08 | 0.19 | −3.91 |
| Fair | 5.21 | 4.57 | 7.14 | 1.83 | 6.29 | −0.16 | 5.76 | 2.54 | 7.26 | 8.14 | −0.56 | 1.85 | 0.22 | 3.19 |
| Poor | 6.34 | 4.64 | 2.01 | 1.13 | 8.15 | 3.49 | 3.29 | 2.51 | 1.78 | 2.82 | −0.44 | 2.52 | 2.49 | 9.45 |
| Education attainmenta (reference: (pre-) primary) | ||||||||||||||
| Secondary | −2.97 | −5.26 | −8.58 | −2.56 | 5.86 | 3.27 | −0.26 | −9.21 | −11.31 | −3.19 | −3.11 | 9.29 | −3.33 | −8.08 |
| Post-secondary/tertiary | 13.83 | 13.85 | 24.12 | 17.88 | 11.60 | 12.48 | 18.80 | 26.42 | 27.78 | 27.86 | 11.25 | 10.58 | 23.77 | 22.82 |
| Marital status (reference: married) | ||||||||||||||
| Single | −4.01 | −1.30 | −9.92 | −24.14 | 1.51 | −6.14 | −10.05 | 2.59 | −3.77 | −3.75 | −1.61 | −5.50 | −10.86 | −3.65 |
| Sep/div | −0.19 | 0.29 | 3.06 | 4.47 | 0.26 | 0.56 | 1.82 | 0.07 | −1.30 | 1.43 | −0.09 | −2.16 | 0.93 | 1.51 |
| Widowed | 1.67 | 3.07 | 4.15 | 5.48 | 5.87 | 8.58 | 4.59 | 2.06 | 1.87 | 0.28 | 5.34 | 0.46 | 8.71 | 5.27 |