Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of individual and household characteristics for health and employment equations by gender in Italy for the periods of 2007–2010 and 2011–2014
| Women 2007–2010 |
Men 2007–2010 |
Women 2011–2014 |
Men 2011–2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | S.D | Mean | S.D | Mean | S.D | Mean | S.D | |
| Employment equation | ||||||||
| Employed | 56.4 | 49.6 | 84.1 | 36.5 | 57.9 | 49.4 | 78.0 | 41.4 |
| Age [25, 34] | 18.3 | 38.7 | 18.0 | 38.4 | 15.0 | 35.7 | 15.0 | 35.7 |
| Age [35, 44] | 31.4 | 46.4 | 29.0 | 45.4 | 27.8 | 44.8 | 16.6 | 37.2 |
| Age [45, 54] | 28.0 | 44.9 | 31.7 | 46.5 | 32.3 | 46.7 | 27.3 | 44.5 |
| Age [55, 64] | 22.3 | 41.6 | 21.4 | 41.0 | 24.9 | 43.2 | 31.6 | 46.5 |
| Primary education | 44.2 | 49.7 | 47.3 | 49.9 | 34.1 | 47.4 | 35.6 | 47.9 |
| Secondary education | 35.7 | 47.9 | 35.0 | 47.7 | 42.1 | 49.4 | 45.2 | 49.8 |
| Tertiary education | 20.1 | 40.1 | 17.7 | 38.2 | 23.8 | 42.6 | 19.2 | 39.4 |
| Married | 71.8 | 45.0 | 67.2 | 47.0 | 66.0 | 47.4 | 64.1 | 48.0 |
| Presence of children [0, 6] | 16.6 | 37.2 | 16.4 | 37.0 | 14.0 | 34.7 | 14.6 | 35.3 |
| Presence of elderly persons without disability | 8.7 | 28.1 | 6.9 | 25.3 | 6.9 | 25.4 | 5.2 | 22.3 |
| No person with disability in the household | 77.4 | 41.8 | 77.5 | 41.8 | 75.2 | 43.2 | 74.8 | 43.4 |
| Person with disability in the household | 15.4 | 36.1 | 15.8 | 36.5 | 18.2 | 38.6 | 18.9 | 39.1 |
| Person with strong disability in the household | 7.2 | 25.8 | 6.7 | 25.0 | 6.6 | 24.8 | 6.4 | 24.5 |
| Family sizeb | 2.0 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 1.2 |
| Regional unemployment rate | 7.44 | 3.49 | 7.28 | 3.44 | 11.14 | 4.78 | 11.1 | 4.74 |
| 2007–2011 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 |
| 2008–2012 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 |
| 2009–2013 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 |
| 2010–2014 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 43.3 |
| Health equationa | ||||||||
| Good health | 84.3 | 36.4 | 85.9 | 34.8 | 81.0 | 39.2 | 83.3 | 37.3 |
| Employed | 56.4 | 49.6 | 84.1 | 36.5 | 57.9 | 49.4 | 78.0 | 41.4 |
| North | 42.1 | 49.4 | 43.7 | 49.6 | 47.6 | 49.9 | 47.6 | 49.9 |
| Centre | 22.0 | 41.4 | 22.7 | 41.9 | 21.7 | 41.3 | 22.6 | 41.8 |
| South | 35.9 | 48.0 | 33.6 | 47.2 | 30.7 | 46.1 | 29.8 | 45.8 |
| Observations | 9373 | 9000 | 7688 | 6893 | ||||
Source Authors’ calculations on 2007–2010 and 2011–2014 EU-SILC data
aFor the health equation, we only report the descriptive statistics of the variable not included in the employment equation
bFigures are in percentages, apart from family size in units