TABLE 3.
Differences in means between the insured and the uninsured samples.
Weighted | Unweighted | |||||
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(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
Insured | Uninsured | t-test | Insured | Uninsured | t-test | |
Income | 12,308.140 | 11,077.910 | 1230.230*** | 12,308.140 | 10,387.100 | 1921.038*** |
Health OOP | 609.900 | 805.090 | −195.190*** | 609.900 | 693.110 | −83.208** |
Medicine OOP | 404.850 | 389.570 | 15.286 | 404.850 | 350.270 | 54.582* |
Saudi national | 0.400 | 0.930 | −0.523*** | 0.400 | 0.410 | −0.009 |
Age | 38.220 | 35.790 | 2.424*** | 38.220 | 39.450 | −1.232 |
Male | 0.610 | 0.490 | 0.122*** | 0.610 | 0.540 | 0.069*** |
Married | 0.710 | 0.540 | 0.175*** | 0.710 | 0.690 | 0.021 |
Below primary school | 0.232 | 0.125 | 0.108*** | 0.147 | 0.125 | 0.022* |
Primary school | 0.145 | 0.124 | 0.021** | 0.145 | 0.124 | 0.021 |
Intermediate school | 0.153 | 0.167 | 0.0138 | 0.181 | 0.167 | 0.014 |
Secondary school | 0.305 | 0.315 | 0.0098 | 0.319 | 0.315 | 0.005 |
Higher education | 0.270 | 0.165 | 0.105 | 0.270 | 0.208 | 0.062*** |
Health status | 0.840 | 0.720 | 0.120 | 0.840 | 0.840 | 0.007 |
Wealth index a | 0.470 | −0.160 | 0.628*** | 0.470 | 0.440 | 0.025 |
Observations | 2575 | 6080 | 2575 | 6080 |
Significance levels: *** p <0.01, ** p <0.05, * p <0.1.
The wealth index reveals that insured individuals are wealthier than the uninsured. However, weighting removes the wealth differences between the insured and the uninsured.