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Table 4 Country-level variables

From: The role of income inequality and social policies on income-related health inequalities in Europe

 

Health inequalities

GDP (PPP) p.c.

Gini index

Social protection expenditure in % of GDP

Sources of SPE data

 

MEM of 'less than good' health

Index of dissimilarity

Albania

0.233

***

0.213

***

6,799

39.7

10.4

ILO

Armenia

0.194

***

0.174

***

5,373

36.6

4.2

ADB

Austria

0.141

***

0.133

***

38,941

43.1

27.8

EUROSTAT

Azerbaijan

0.084

+

0.105

**

8,687

36.2

3.3

ADB

Belarus

0.089

*

0.080

*

12,091

26.9

18.1

ILO

Belgium

0.075

+

0.068

*

35,692

32.1

26.9

EUROSTAT

Bulgaria

0.195

***

0.182

***

12,650

39.1

14.1

EUROSTAT

Croatia

0.046

n.s.

0.053

n.s.

18,032

27.7

21.7

ILO

Cyprus

0.152

**

0.175

***

28,445

43.2

18.2

EUROSTAT

Czech Republic

0.060

n.s.

0.066

+

24,545

37.8

18.0

EUROSTAT

Denmark

-0.002

n.s.

0.041

n.s.

36,695

44.1

30.7

EUROSTAT

Estonia

0.162

**

0.151

**

19,661

38.7

12.1

EUROSTAT

Finland

0.108

+

0.083

n.s.

34,955

44.2

25.4

EUROSTAT

France

0.128

***

0.096

**

33,735

46.3

30.9

EUROSTAT

Georgia

0.227

***

0.172

***

4,786

47.6

6.4

ILO

Germany

0.264

***

0.219

***

34,890

48.9

27.8

EUROSTAT

Great Britain

0.068

n.s.

0.082

*

35,345

47.1

24.7

EUROSTAT

Greece

0.068

*

0.154

***

29,552

42.3

24.8

EUROSTAT

Hungary

0.162

**

0.172

***

18,841

38.6

22.7

EUROSTAT

Iceland

0.084

n.s.

0.157

**

39,504

45.1

21.4

EUROSTAT

Ireland

0.032

n.s.

0.101

n.s.

41,254

43.1

18.3

EUROSTAT

Italy

0.161

**

0.147

***

29,902

46.0

26.6

EUROSTAT

Latvia

0.113

*

0.125

**

16,321

51.4

11.3

EUROSTAT

Lithuania

0.249

***

0.220

***

17,939

50.9

14.4

EUROSTAT

Luxembourg

0.116

**

0.118

**

81,179

43.3

19.3

EUROSTAT

Macedonia

0.048

n.s.

0.071

*

9,383

46.1

14.1

ILO

Malta

0.100

*

0.111

***

23,930

40.4

17.7

EUROSTAT

Moldova

0.194

***

0.195

***

2,859

39.1

17.5

ILO

Montenegro

0.033

n.s.

0.062

n.s.

10,572

34.2

17.6

WB

Netherlands

0.091

**

0.081

*

40,343

41.3

28.3

EUROSTAT

Norway

0.056

n.s.

0.045

n.s.

52,308

37.8

22.5

EUROSTAT

Poland

0.076

n.s.

0.081

*

17,347

41.7

18.1

EUROSTAT

Portugal

0.186

***

0.163

**

22,812

52.1

23.9

EUROSTAT

Romania

0.070

n.s.

0.073

n.s.

12,012

43.7

13.6

EUROSTAT

Russia

0.114

*

0.116

***

15,293

50.3

12.1

ILO

Serbia

0.097

+

0.062

n.s.

10,463

32.7

22.9

WB/WHO

Slovak Republic

0.070

n.s.

0.108

*

21,162

37.0

16.1

EUROSTAT

Slovenia

0.084

n.s.

0.100

*

28,397

33.9

21.3

EUROSTAT

Spain

0.041

n.s.

0.008

n.s.

30,323

40.0

20.8

EUROSTAT

Sweden

0.117

**

0.160

***

37,039

47.3

29.2

EUROSTAT

Switzerland

0.101

**

0.092

*

40,721

40.5

25.1

EUROSTAT

Ukraine

0.054

n.s.

0.046

n.s.

6,903

32.1

22.7

ILO

  1. n.s. not significant, + p < 0.10, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 (two-tailed tests)
  2. Sources: EVS (round 4) [29], IMF [48], SWIID [39], EUROSTAT [44], ILO [45], ADB [54], WHO [47], WB [46]