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Table 4 Oaxaca-type decomposition for changes in the CIs in colorectal cancer screening services between Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) cycle 1(1998) and cycle 5 (2010-2012)

From: Assessment of trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cancer screening services in Korea, 1998–2012

Oaxaca-type approach for colorectal cancer screening

Between cycle 1(1998) and cycle 5 (2010-2012)

Changes arising from change in

Ck

Elasticity

Total

Percentage

Sex- female

0.0001

0.0008

0.0009

-3.33

Age

0.0058

-0.0062

-0.0004

1.50

Self-rated health - fair

-0.0024

0.0116

0.0092

-35.88

Self-rated - poor

0.0009

0.0035

0.0044

-17.14

Marital status- married

0.0056

0.0034

0.0090

-35.20

Education - completion of middle school

-0.0014

0.0003

-0.0010

3.98

Education - completion of high school

-0.0014

-0.0275

-0.0288

112.44

Education - completion of University or above

-0.0019

-0.0134

-0.0153

59.48

Employment - non-manual job

-0.0007

-0.0085

-0.0093

36.19

Employment - othersa

0.0002

0.0051

0.0052

-20.40

Income quintile 2 (low)

-0.0026

0.0317

0.0291

-113.51

Income quintile 3

-0.0034

0.0002

-0.0032

12.51

Income quintile 4

-0.0040

-0.0045

-0.0085

33.04

Income quintile 5(high)

-0.0043

-0.0545

-0.0588

229.18

Health insurance - National Health Insurance

-0.0005

0.0119

0.0114

-44.30

Region - Metro Seoul areas

-0.0010

-0.0077

-0.0088

34.27

Place of residence - rural areas

-0.0028

-0.0048

-0.0079

30.80

Sub-total

-0.0139

-0.0608

-0.0727

283.64

Residual

  

0.0471

-183.64

Total

-0.0251

 

-0.0256

100.00

  1. a“Others” included unemployment and out of labour market