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. 2020 Nov 12;19:207. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01317-x

Table 3.

Contributions to inequality in unmet need for dental care in 2007, 2012 and 2017, and decomposition of total change. Women

2007 2012
Variables Partial effect Elasticity CCI Contribution (1) % Contribution Partial effect Elasticity CCI Contribution (2) % Contribution
age35–64 0.0213*** 0.1689 0.0126 0.0021 −6.4% − 0.0002 − 0.0012 0.0161 0.0000 0.0%
age65+ 0.0009 0.0027 −0.0436 − 0.0001 0.3% − 0.0392*** − 0.0792 − 0.0098 0.0008 − 0.8%
Spanish − 0.0092 − 0.1356 0.0060 − 0.0008 2.4% − 0.0363** − 0.3434 0.0171 − 0.0059 5.8%
married − 0.0025 − 0.0226 0.0094 − 0.0002 0.6% 0.0090 0.0521 0.0137 0.0007 −0.7%
separated 0.0214 0.0172 −0.0216 −0.0004 1.1% 0.0390** 0.0247 −0.0857 −0.0021 2.1%
widowed 0.0113 0.0192 −0.0411 −0.0008 2.4% 0.0290* 0.0326 −0.0161 −0.0005 0.5%
chronic 0.0508*** 0.1999 −0.0242 −0.0048 14.5% 0.0675*** 0.1821 −0.0123 −0.0022 2.2%
dentxinhab −0.0004* − 0.3738 0.0057 −0.0021 6.4% 0.0001 0.0940 0.0101 0.0010 −0.9%
lowsec_educ −0.0012 − 0.0044 − 0.0334 0.0001 − 0.4% 0.0081 0.0202 −0.0655 − 0.0013 1.3%
uppersec_educ −0.0121* − 0.0450 0.0129 − 0.0006 1.7% −0.0140 − 0.0337 − 0.0038 0.0001 − 0.1%
tertiary_educ −0.0166** − 0.0639 0.0820 −0.0052 15.7% −0.0248** − 0.0720 0.1211 − 0.0087 8.6%
unemployed 0.0103 0.0113 −0.0496 −0.0006 1.7% 0.0154 0.0249 −0.1008 −0.0025 2.5%
inactive −0.0047 − 0.0364 − 0.0381 0.0014 −4.1% − 0.0306*** −0.1440 − 0.0309 0.0045 −4.4%
Ln_eqincome −0.0104*** −1.5968 0.0089 −0.0143 42.7% −0.0409*** −4.1248 0.0148 −0.0609 60.2%
Residual −0.0072 21.4% −0.0240 23.7%
CCI −0.0334 100.0% −0.1012 100.0%
2017 Total change 2007–2017
Variables Partial effect Elasticity CCI Contribution (3) % Contribution Contribution (3)–(1)
age35–64 0.0185*** 0.2063 0.0092 0.0019 −2.5% −0.0002
age65+ −0.0033 − 0.0175 − 0.0068 0.0001 − 0.2% 0.0002
Spanish −0.0123 −0.2414 0.0059 −0.0014 1.8% −0.0006
married −0.0111** −0.1248 0.0117 −0.0015 1.9% −0.0012
separated 0.0078 0.0116 −0.0350 −0.0004 0.5% 0.0000
widowed 0.0066 0.0183 −0.0204 −0.0004 0.5% 0.0004
chronic 0.0442*** 0.2911 −0.0123 −0.0036 4.6% 0.0012
dentxinhab 0.0001 0.0930 0.0038 0.0004 −0.5% 0.0025
lowsec_educ −0.0025 −0.0126 − 0.0319 0.0004 − 0.5% 0.0003
uppersec_educ −0.0160*** −0.0734 − 0.0006 0.0000 − 0.1% 0.0006
tertiary_educ −0.0237*** −0.1499 0.0594 −0.0089 11.5% −0.0037
unemployed 0.0271*** 0.0675 −0.0621 −0.0042 5.4% −0.0036
inactive −0.0087* −0.0852 − 0.0146 0.0012 −1.6% − 0.0001
Ln_eqincome −0.0213*** −4.3222 0.0076 −0.0330 42.5% −0.0187
Residual −0.0283 36.5% −0.0212
CCI −0.0776 100%

CCI: corrected concentration index; ***Statistically significant at 99% level (p < 0.01); **Statistically significant at 95% level (p < 0.05); *Statistically significant at 90% (p < 0.1)