Table 3 Empirical Results - Absolute and Relative β-Convergence
From: Health status convergence at the local level: empirical evidence from Austria
Dependent variable | Change SMR | Change SMR Males | Change SMR Females | Change Gender Gap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Method | Absolute β | Relative β | Absolute β | Relative β | Absolute β | Relative β | Absolute β | Relative β |
β-Coefficient | -0.517*** (0.016) | -0.552*** (0.017) | -0.493*** (0.018) | -0.617*** (0.019) | -0.610*** (0.017) | -0.589*** (0.017) | -0.792*** (0.018) | -0.868*** (0.018) |
Education, average | -0.242*** (0.018) | -0.259*** (0.016) | -0.220*** (0.027) | -0.707*** (0.049) | ||||
Social attachments | -0.065*** (0.005) | -0.067*** (0.006) | -0.061*** (0.007) | -0.172*** (0.014) | ||||
Foreigners, share | -0.004*** (0.001) | -0.006*** (0.001) | -0.004*** (0.001) | -0.012*** (0.003) | ||||
Participation rate, share | -0.002*** (0.001) | -0.008*** (0.001) | -0.001 (0.001) | -0.009*** (0.002) | ||||
Commuters | 0.002*** (0.000) | 0.002*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.004*** (0.001) | ||||
Genetic 1 | -0.035*** (0.006) | -0.020*** (0.007) | -0.046*** (0.008) | 0.020 (0.017) | ||||
Genetic 2 | -0.030*** (0.006) | -0.016** (0.007) | -0.039*** (0.008) | 0.035** (0.017) | ||||
Genetic 3 | -0.033*** (0.010) | 0.004 (0.010) | -0.059*** (0.013) | 0.111*** (0.026) | ||||
Genetic 4 | -0.037*** (0.010) | -0.021* (0.011) | -0.047*** (0.013) | 0.012 (0.027) | ||||
Constant | 3.204*** (0.114) | 3.962*** (0.131) | 3.169*** (0.130) | 4.970*** (0.178) | 3.696*** (0.115) | 3.917*** (0.123) | 4.588*** (0.110) | 6.575*** (0.182) |
N | 2381 | 2381 | 2381 | 2381 | 2381 | 2381 | 2324 | 2324 |
R 2 | 0.297 | 0.395 | 0.239 | 0.347 | 0.350 | 0.423 | 0.467 | 0.530 |