Table 3.
Oaxaca-type decomposition of change in the health inequalities, 2004–2010 and 2010–2014
| 2004–2010 | 2010–2014 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ill-health status | Disability | Ill-health status | Disability | |||||||||
| Δ C | se | % | Δ C | se | % | Δ C | se | % | Δ C | se | % | |
| 0 - 6 yrs | -0.004 | 0.008 | -9.4 | -0.046 | 0.008 | 191.1 | -0.013 | 0.008 | -92.9 | 0.059 | 0.009 | 311.2 |
| 6 - 17 yrs | -0.001 | 0.009 | -1.9 | 0.006 | 0.008 | -26.4 | -0.006 | 0.009 | -43.1 | 0.023 | 0.010 | 122.3 |
| 18 - 30 yrs | 0.002 | 0.010 | 4.0 | 0.008 | 0.009 | -34.3 | -0.006 | 0.010 | -42.9 | 0.014 | 0.010 | 72.9 |
| 31 - 45 yrs | 0.004 | 0.011 | 10.5 | -0.021 | 0.009 | 86.4 | 0.005 | 0.010 | 33.6 | -0.006 | 0.010 | -30.4 |
| 46 - 64 yrs | 0.003 | 0.013 | 7.4 | -0.039 | 0.010 | 159.7 | 0.002 | 0.012 | 12.2 | -0.018 | 0.011 | -96.3 |
| Black African | -0.006 | 0.003 | -14.3 | -0.055 | 0.002 | 227.5 | -0.001 | 0.003 | -11.1 | 0.007 | 0.002 | 38.8 |
| Indian | 0.000 | 0.016 | -0.9 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 0.5 | -0.004 | 0.016 | -32.6 | 0.000 | 0.007 | -0.5 |
| White | 0.009 | 0.018 | 23.3 | 0.012 | 0.008 | -49.9 | 0.020 | 0.017 | 146.9 | 0.009 | 0.008 | 47.5 |
| Single | 0.019 | 0.018 | 48.6 | 0.032 | 0.007 | -131.3 | 0.002 | 0.019 | 18.0 | -0.013 | 0.008 | -70.9 |
| No schooling | 0.001 | 0.231 | 1.5 | 0.013 | 0.236 | -53.3 | 0.004 | 0.033 | 31.0 | -0.010 | 0.021 | -54.4 |
| Less than diploma | 0.000 | 0.019 | -1.0 | -0.003 | 0.020 | 11.3 | 0.002 | 0.013 | 15.2 | 0.021 | 0.014 | 108.8 |
| Diploma certificate | -0.001 | 0.018 | -3.7 | 0.022 | 0.019 | -91.5 | -0.003 | 0.011 | -20.7 | -0.015 | 0.012 | -77.9 |
| Honours degree | 0.001 | 0.020 | 3.8 | 0.017 | 0.019 | -69.6 | -0.003 | 0.014 | -21.5 | -0.019 | 0.012 | -98.9 |
| Employed | -0.002 | 0.040 | -4.1 | 0.063 | 0.025 | -261.5 | 0.004 | 0.036 | 26.0 | -0.012 | 0.020 | -62.6 |
| Urban | 0.018 | 0.004 | 47.8 | 0.001 | 0.002 | -6.1 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 8.8 | 0.007 | 0.002 | 35.7 |
| Western Cape | 0.014 | 0.005 | 35.3 | -0.018 | 0.003 | 75.8 | -0.005 | 0.005 | -40.7 | 0.004 | 0.003 | 22.1 |
| Eastern Cape | -0.002 | 0.011 | -4.0 | 0.003 | 0.006 | -11.7 | -0.012 | 0.011 | -92.4 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 33.8 |
| Northern cape | 0.000 | 0.008 | 1.0 | 0.000 | 0.006 | -0.5 | 0.000 | 0.009 | -0.1 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 0.6 |
| Kwazulu-Natal | -0.011 | 0.010 | -27.6 | 0.007 | 0.006 | -29.7 | 0.002 | 0.010 | 15.9 | 0.004 | 0.007 | 23.4 |
| North West | -0.011 | 0.010 | -27.6 | 0.001 | 0.006 | -5.4 | 0.000 | 0.010 | -2.7 | -0.003 | 0.007 | -14.5 |
| Gauteng | 0.009 | 0.008 | 24.0 | -0.032 | 0.005 | 133.3 | 0.015 | 0.008 | 114.5 | 0.013 | 0.006 | 66.6 |
| Mpumalanga | 0.000 | 0.009 | 0.6 | 0.002 | 0.005 | -8.6 | -0.001 | 0.009 | -9.8 | -0.001 | 0.006 | -4.0 |
| Limpopo | -0.008 | 0.010 | -20.1 | -0.007 | 0.005 | 28.7 | 0.005 | 0.010 | 35.8 | 0.013 | 0.006 | 67.8 |
| Grant recipient | 0.002 | 0.009 | 5.7 | 0.008 | 0.006 | -32.3 | 0.007 | 0.010 | 54.1 | -0.064 | 0.006 | -341.8 |
| Female | 0.000 | 0.006 | 1.1 | 0.000 | 0.005 | -2.0 | 0.000 | 0.005 | -1.8 | 0.000 | 0.004 | 0.7 |
| Total | 0.039 | -0.024 | 0.013 | 0.019 | ||||||||