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Table 3 Gender differences in depression, diabetes, myocardial infarction, and malignant tumors by education level and period

From: Social inequality in morbidity, framed within the current economic crisis in Spain

 

Depression

Diabetes

Myocardial infarction

Malignant tumors

2003/2006

M (%)

W (%)

sig. a

M (%)

W (%)

sig.a

M (%)

W (%)

sig.a

M (%)

W (%)

sig.a

 Illiterate, no diploma, or primary education

4.2

11.4

***

6.5

7.7

 

3.3

1.0

***

2.4

3.7

**

 Lower Secondary

2.5

7.4

***

2.8

3.6

 

1.3

0.4

**

1.2

3.4

***

 Upper Secondary

2.5

4.7

*

2.4

3.8

*

1.5

0.2

***

1.1

2.6

**

 Higher technical education

1.9

4.2

 

2.1

2.6

 

1.0

0.1

*

0.6

1.9

*

 University Studies

1.5

3.4

**

1.5

2.9

**

1.2

0.3

**

1.2

2.1

*

2009

 Illiterate, no diploma, or primary education

6.8

17.3

***

9.5

7.9

 

3.6

1.4

***

2.0

4.6

***

 Lower Secondary

2.8

9.1

***

2.9

3.3

 

1.5

0.5

***

1.2

2.5

**

 Upper Secondary

2.8

7.2

***

4.7

4.1

 

1.7

0.5

**

2.1

2.1

 

 Higher technical education

3.5

4.3

 

2.3

1.0

 

0.7

0.4

 

1.7

1.2

 

 University Studies

2.3

4.3

**

2.4

1.2

**

1.3

0.1

***

2.1

2.9

 

2011

 Illiterate, no diploma, or primary education

8.2

24.9

***

13.2

12.2

 

3.3

1.4

**

2.3

3.7

 

 Lower Secondary

5.1

11.9

***

5.9

4.5

*

2.0

0.5

***

2.0

3.0

*

 Upper Secondary

4.8

7.5

*

4.8

2.0

***

1.4

0.3

*

2.0

3.4

 

 Higher technical education

2.3

5.6

**

3.2

3.0

 

1.1

0.0

*

2.3

2.2

 

 University Studies

2.0

4.5

***

3.7

1.5

***

0.3

0.1

 

1.7

1.8

 
  1. ***p < 0.001 **p < 0.01 *p < 0.5
  2. aDifference between men’s and women’s proportion tested via pairwise Chi2-test
  3. Source: Spanish National Health Survey (SNHS) 2003–2004, 2006–2007, and 2011–2012, and European Health Survey in Spain (EHS-S) 2009