Health-income inequality: the effects of the Icelandic economic collapse

Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna Laufey; Ragnarsdóttir, Dagný Ósk

doi:10.1186/1475-9276-13-50

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 1 Summary statistics with individual income

From: Health-income inequality: the effects of the Icelandic economic collapse

Variables	Males						Females
	2007			2009			2007			2009
	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N
Individual income	5.497	2.977	1689	4.445	2.430	1689	3.600	2.310	1907	3.133	1.818	1907
Health	3.115	0.759	1689	3.123	0.771	1689	3.053	0.790	1907	3.032	0.769	1907
Age	43.137	15.842	1689	45.194	15.780	1673	43.568	15.814	1907	45.483	15.773	1890
Single	0.167	0.373	1681	0.144	0.351	1673	0.142	0.349	1899	0.115	0.319	1892
In a relationship	0.075	0.263	1681	0.071	0.257	1673	0.061	0.240	1899	0.067	0.250	1892
Cohabiting	0.201	0.401	1681	0.182	0.386	1673	0.213	0.410	1899	0.196	0.397	1892
Married	0.517	0.500	1681	0.550	0.498	1673	0.488	0.500	1899	0.506	0.500	1892
Divorced	0.032	0.175	1681	0.042	0.200	1673	0.059	0.235	1899	0.068	0.253	1892
Widowed	0.011	0.104	1681	0.012	0.109	1673	0.040	0.195	1899	0.048	0.213	1892
Low education	0.215	0.411	1689	0.215	0.411	1689	0.306	0.461	1907	0.306	0.461	1907
Medium education	0.426	0.495	1689	0.426	0.495	1689	0.279	0.449	1907	0.279	0.449	1907
High education	0.359	0.480	1689	0.359	0.480	1689	0.415	0.493	1907	0.415	0.493	1907
Employee	0.820	0.384	1499	0.808	0.394	1311	0.808	0.394	1653	0.797	0.402	1521
Business owner	0.195	0.396	1404	0.230	0.421	1167	0.080	0.271	1512	0.086	0.280	1247
Student	0.208	0.406	1356	0.221	0.415	1048	0.269	0.444	1514	0.256	0.437	1222
Homemaker	0.043	0.202	1355	0.037	0.189	1037	0.162	0.368	1528	0.159	0.365	1249
Parent leave	0.016	0.124	1350	0.019	0.137	1028	0.051	0.219	1473	0.058	0.234	1204
Temporary ill	0.033	0.178	1354	0.031	0.174	1039	0.053	0.224	1478	0.053	0.225	1211
Retired	0.083	0.276	1463	0.128	0.335	1254	0.095	0.293	1607	0.147	0.354	1457
Unemployed	0.026	0.158	1333	0.084	0.278	1040	0.029	0.169	1458	0.068	0.252	1196
Disabled	0.038	0.192	1364	0.050	0.218	1067	0.076	0.265	1510	0.094	0.292	1251
Underweight	0.004	0.060	1689	0.002	0.050	1689	0.007	0.085	1907	0.008	0.092	1907
Optimal	0.332	0.471	1689	0.300	0.458	1689	0.432	0.495	1907	0.412	0.492	1907
Overweight	0.467	0.499	1689	0.499	0.500	1689	0.313	0.464	1907	0.331	0.471	1907
Obese	0.199	0.399	1689	0.200	0.400	1689	0.249	0.432	1907	0.250	0.433	1907
Non-smoker	0.468	0.499	1610	0.468	0.499	1606	0.483	0.500	1823	0.488	0.500	1828
Daily smoker	0.156	0.363	1610	0.114	0.317	1606	0.152	0.359	1823	0.140	0.347	1828
Weekly smoker	0.013	0.114	1610	0.027	0.162	1606	0.023	0.151	1823	0.023	0.150	1828
Seldom smoker	0.029	0.168	1610	0.029	0.169	1606	0.037	0.188	1823	0.020	0.142	1828
Former smoker	0.332	0.471	1610	0.362	0.481	1606	0.304	0.460	1823	0.328	0.470	1828
5+ alcoholic drinks	18.622	34.115	1649	17.255	35.223	1634	6.869	17.817	1856	6.265	20.131	1828

Income is measured in millions of ISK. Health is measured with a four-level self-assessed health variable ranging from 1 to 4. The variable “5+ alcohol drinks” measures how often in the last twelve months the subject consumed five or more alcoholic drinks.

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