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. 2021 Apr 30;12:638035. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.638035

TABLE 3.

Differences in means between the insured and the uninsured samples.

Weighted Unweighted
(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.

a

The wealth index reveals that insured individuals are wealthier than the uninsured. However, weighting removes the wealth differences between the insured and the uninsured.