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Published in final edited form as: Eur Econ Rev. 2018 Mar 11;104:138–166. doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.02.005

Table B2—

Descriptive Statistics: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

Mean St. dev. Min Max N.obs.
i. Baseline
 Healthy 0.88 0.31 0.0 1.0 235,094
 Married 0.58 0.47 0.0 1.0 235,094
 Age 40.66 11.70 20.0 64.0 235,094
 Female 0.51 0.48 0.0 1.0 235,094
 Black 0.12 0.31 0.0 1.0 235,094
 College 0.35 0.46 0.0 1.0 235,094
 Children 0–3 years 0.15 0.34 0.0 1.0 235,094
 Children 4–12 years 0.26 0.42 0.0 1.0 235,094
 Children 13–18 years 0.38 0.46 0.0 1.0 235,094
 Taxable income (in 1000$) 34.61 30.70 0.0 658.6 235,094
ii. Robustness and further explorations
 Objective health index 51.15 9.26 4.6 76.1 160,057
 Total health expenditure 3.04 9.47 0.0 1,051.5 235,094
 Uninsured 0.16 0.35 0.0 1.0 235,094
 Preventive checks:
  Dental 0.50 0.48 0.0 1.0 231,873
  Cholesterol 0.51 0.48 0.0 1.0 221,942
  Complete 0.57 0.47 0.0 1.0 227,623
  Flu shot 0.26 0.42 0.0 1.0 229,296
  Prostate 0.22 0.38 0.0 1.0 90,412
  Pap smear 0.54 0.48 0.0 1.0 140,965
  Breast 0.55 0.48 0.0 1.0 136,720
  Mammography 0.36 0.46 0.0 1.0 119,403

Note: Means and standard deviations are computed exploiting sampling stratification design. The sample covers 1996–2009 annually. Taxable income is deflated by 2005 CPI.