Table 4. Variable contributions to unequal use of health check-ups in 2005 and 2009 from probit regression, men.
| variable | 2005 (n = 1233) | 2009 (n = 1098) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coefficient | Corrected CI | contribution | % contribution | coefficient | Corrected CI | contribution | % contribution | |
| Lpinco | 0.0625 ** | 0.1371 | 0.0782 | 73.22 | 0.0611 * | 0.1172 | 0.0826 | 65.76 |
| Demographic | ||||||||
| Age group (ref = 75+) | ||||||||
| 65–74 | - 0.2455 * | -0.0397 | 0.0063 | 5.90 | - 0.2298 | - 0.0890 | 0.0159 | 12.66 |
| Marital status (Ref = unmarried) | ||||||||
| Married | - 0.0699 | 0.0246 | - 0.0015 | - 1.40 | 0.3034 * | 0.0220 | 0.0070 | 5.57 |
| Education Level (ref: informal education or illiterate) | ||||||||
| elementary education | 0.0112 | - 0.0937 | - 0.0005 | - 0.47 | 0.2187 | - 0.1901 | - 0.0269 | -21.42 |
| junior high school or above | - 0.0534 | 0.3363 | - 0.0065 | - 6.09 | 0.1722 | 0.2994 | 0.0280 | 22.29 |
| Number of individuals living together | 0.0062 | - 0.0878 | - 0.0019 | - 1.78 | 0.0148 | - 0.0389 | - 0.0021 | -1.67 |
| Bad health behavior | ||||||||
| Drinking | ||||||||
| Yes | - 0.0369 | 0.0518 | - 0.0007 | - 0.66 | - 0.0006 | 0.1134 | 0.0000 | 0.00 |
| Smoking | ||||||||
| Yes | - 0.2090 * | - 0.0429 | 0.0048 | 4.49 | - 0.2213 | - 0.0192 | 0.0014 | 1.11 |
| Betel chewing | ||||||||
| Yes | - 0.2979 | - 0.0930 | 0.0015 | 1.40 | - 0.2945 * | - 0.1689 | 0.0129 | 10.27 |
| Good health behavior | ||||||||
| Do any exercise in past two weeks (ref: not) | ||||||||
| doing any exercise | 0.2391 * | 0.0785 | 0.0129 | 12.08 | 0.3638 ** | 0.0290 | 0.0080 | 6.37 |
| Health condition | ||||||||
| Self-reposted health (ref: fair) | ||||||||
| Good | 0.2132 | 0.1638 | 0.0065 | 6.09 | - 0.1200 | 0.1860 | - 0.0045 | -3.58 |
| Bad | - 0.0077 | - 0.0624 | 0.0003 | 0.28 | - 0.0686 | - 0.0554 | 0.0029 | 2.31 |
| Chronic disease (Ref = without) | ||||||||
| with chronic disease | 0.3753 *** | 0.0646 | 0.0118 | 11.05 | 0.1682 | - 0.0130 | - 0.0015 | -1.19 |
| Mobility (ref: without mobile difficulty) | ||||||||
| with any mobile difficulty | - 0.1724 | - 0.0615 | 0.0048 | 4.49 | 0.0545 | - 0.0225 | - 0.0006 | -0.48 |
| Area health care resource | ||||||||
| Physician numbers per 10000 populations in area a (Ref = 2) | ||||||||
| 1 | 0.0948 | - 0.1043 | - 0.0038 | -3.56 | 0.0144 | - 0.0419 | - 0.0001 | -0.08 |
| 3 | 0.0625 | 0.1546 | 0.0032 | 3.00 | - 0.1506 | 0.1007 | - 0.0093 | -7.40 |
| Residual | - 0.0086 | -8.05 | 0.0119 | 9.47 | ||||
| Total | 0.1068 | 100.0 | 0.1256 | 100.0 | ||||
Health Check-ups: health check-ups use in the past one year.
ref: reference group.
Lpinco: log of equivalent income (2009 new Taiwan dollars).
aratio: 1 if <70, 2 if 71–90, 3 if 91 or more physicians per 10,000 persons.
*Significant at 95% level (p < .05),
**Significant at 99% level (p < .01),
***Significant at 99.9% level (p < .001).