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. 2009 Jun 10;69(3):387–395. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.014

Table 3.

Construction of the collective index.

Collectives employees as a percentage of total population Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
0.005 5604 9.88 9.88
0.006 2054 3.62 13.5
0.008 3557 6.27 19.77
0.009 5432 9.57 29.34
0.01 3117 5.49 34.83
0.011 3542 6.24 41.08
0.015 5023 8.85 49.93
0.017 3103 5.47 55.4
0.018 1677 2.96 58.35
0.019 1688 2.98 61.33
0.02 1000 1.76 63.09
0.021 2863 5.05 68.14
0.023 1598 2.82 70.95
0.025 1513 2.67 73.62
0.026 3105 5.47 79.09
0.029 1559 2.75 81.84
0.034 1729 3.05 84.89
0.035 1250 2.2 87.09
0.042 2628 4.63 91.72
0.049 1009 1.78 93.5
0.057 1250 2.2 95.7
0.062 1394 2.46 98.16
0.077 1043 1.84 100

Note: Collective index is created from the above table. It is divided into three groups at cumulative percentage 33% and 66%. The bolded line in the table is the cutting point.

Collective index = 2 if the percentage is less than 0.01.

Collective index = 1 if the percentage is more than 0.01 and less than 0.021.

Collective index = 0 if the percentage is more than 0.021.