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. 2018 Aug 30;29(1):105–110. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cky165

Table 4.

Concentration, elasticity, coefficients and contributions to health inequality, years 2004 and 2015

Variables Concentration index Contributions Elasticities Coefficients Oaxaca decomposition
2004 2015 2004 2015 2004 2015 2004 2015 ΔC·η Δη·C Total
Standardizing variables
Age –0.013 –0.005 –0.023 –0.01 1.769 1.839 0.043 0.047 0.034 0.029 0.063
Gender –0.015 –0.010 –0.003 –0.001 0.187 0.129 0.187 0.198 0.002 0.006 0.008
BRFs
Smoking 0.029 –0.022 0.001 –0.001 0.045 0.054 0.167 0.203 0.000 –0.006 –0.006
Physically inactivity –0.224 –0.227 –0.007 –0.01 0.032 0.042 0.387 0.52 0.001 0.001 0.001
Obesity –0.124 –0.114 –0.007 –0.01 0.06 0.091 0.544 0.766 –0.108 0.009 –0.100
SES determinants Education 0.055 –0.059 –0.007 –0.004 –0.119 –0.071 –0.081 –0.047 –0.003 –0.039 –0.042
Marital status –0.055 –0.045 0.001 –0.002 –0.017 0.036 –0.021 0.047 –0.002 0.000 –0.002
Working status 0.008 –0.074 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.004 0.002 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000
Residual Concentration –0.026 –0.043
Concentration indexa –0.071 –0.081
Inequity indexb –0.045 –0.070
a

Unstandardized.

a

Concentration index with indirect standardization.

Source: Share survey release 6.0.0, 2004 and 2015.