Table 4 Decomposition with individual income as the income measure
From: Health-income inequality: the effects of the Icelandic economic collapse
Overall | Males | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | 2009 | 2007 | 2009 | 2007 | 2009 | |
% contribution | ||||||
Individual income | 43.67 | 47.74 | 64.02 | 61.77 | 32.26 | 25.00 |
Age | −0.35 | −1.57 | 2.95 | −5.58 | −0.89 | −0.02 |
Female | 0.64 | 1.80 | ||||
Single | 3.89 | 2.71 | 8.39 | 12.57 | 1.87 | −0.49 |
In a relationship | 2.08 | 1.51 | −1.15 | 0.64 | 2.29 | 2.75 |
Cohabiting | 0.03 | −0.38 | 0.42 | −0.24 | 0.02 | 0.26 |
Divorced | 0.12 | −0.01 | 0.29 | 1.18 | −0.03 | 1.63 |
Widowed | 1.90 | 0.03 | 2.10 | 3.46 | 0.62 | −0.88 |
Low education | 6.12 | 4.25 | 0.55 | 5.49 | 12.67 | 4.32 |
High education | 4.70 | −1.83 | 5.38 | −0.69 | 5.04 | −1.82 |
Business owner | −1.84 | 2.61 | −1.64 | 2.73 | −0.35 | 0.26 |
Student | −12.47 | −10.36 | −37.60 | −14.63 | 0.94 | −4.97 |
Homemaker | −0.47 | 1.09 | −0.34 | 1.45 | −3.46 | −2.28 |
Parent leave | −0.29 | −0.95 | 0.41 | 0.46 | −0.08 | −1.58 |
Temporary ill | 8.55 | 8.77 | 9.68 | 10.12 | 5.61 | 4.97 |
Retired | 5.13 | 5.30 | 5.68 | 0.50 | 5.07 | 9.64 |
Unemployed | 3.88 | 0.06 | 8.92 | −11.77 | 1.42 | 5.29 |
Disabled | 24.26 | 23.56 | 12.96 | 18.72 | 27.52 | 24.32 |
Underweight | 1.99 | −0.90 | 2.30 | −1.02 | 1.40 | −0.50 |
Overweight | −7.95 | −3.90 | −7.34 | −2.24 | −1.83 | −0.10 |
Obese | 2.63 | 4.98 | −7.58 | −1.45 | 7.25 | 11.00 |
Daily smoker | 5.23 | 8.15 | 9.11 | 9.31 | 3.36 | 6.24 |
Weekly smoker | −0.40 | −0.03 | −1.50 | −0.12 | −0.23 | −0.69 |
Seldom smoker | −0.77 | −0.51 | −0.04 | −0.02 | −2.48 | −1.24 |
Former smoker | −3.91 | −1.35 | −4.86 | −0.11 | −3.17 | −2.52 |
5+ alcoholic drinks | 0.06 | 0.32 | 0.03 | 0.10 | −0.05 | −0.90 |