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Table 6 Decomposition with equivalized household 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

Equivalized household income

28.74

41.73

25.17

44.53

36.96

41.64

Age

−0.29

2.21

−1.09

4.81

2.14

0.24

Female

1.52

1.37

    

Single

1.73

0.95

3.71

2.56

0.22

−2.73

In a relationship

0.02

0.09

−0.20

−0.18

0.59

0.78

Cohabiting

−0.02

−0.07

−0.67

2.28

0.11

0.51

Divorced

0.50

0.11

1.17

2.94

−1.49

−4.56

Widowed

1.91

−0.42

2.22

2.46

−0.49

−2.13

Low education

3.64

2.75

−1.05

3.43

7.82

3.17

High education

4.20

−0.11

6.38

−0.32

3.81

0.35

Business owner

−0.41

0.60

−0.40

−0.01

−0.06

0.41

Student

−1.73

−0.45

−8.42

−0.14

0.27

−0.48

Homemaker

0.72

1.05

1.41

0.59

−2.44

0.05

Parent leave

−0.12

−2.41

−0.35

−1.08

−0.01

−3.41

Temporary ill

7.12

7.90

6.97

9.86

6.42

5.47

Retired

4.47

3.86

7.67

1.66

3.45

3.31

Unemployed

2.90

−0.01

6.79

−3.53

1.41

1.58

Disabled

19.86

14.67

13.82

9.46

22.80

19.26

Underweight

1.16

−0.57

1.28

−0.88

0.92

−0.17

Overweight

−1.17

−0.35

0.01

0.21

−0.41

0.44

Obese

4.86

7.25

−3.72

0.95

10.76

16.12

Daily smoker

6.78

7.05

8.46

5.17

6.20

8.60

Weekly smoker

−0.05

0.00

−0.98

−0.03

0.25

−0.16

Seldom smoker

−1.32

−0.39

−0.50

0.17

−1.92

−1.18

Former smoker

−1.49

−0.47

−1.77

0.18

−1.30

−2.10

5+ alcoholic drinks

0.01

0.18

0.01

−0.56

0.16

0.17