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Table 5 Oaxaca-type decomposition for changes in the CIs in gastric 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 gastric cancer screening

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

Change arising from change in

Ck

Elasticity

Total

Percentage

Sex- female

-0.0003

-0.0025

-0.0028

5.81

Age

-0.0043

-0.0203

-0.0245

51.38

Self-rated health - fair

-0.0017

0.0095

0.0078

-16.35

Self-rated - poor

0.0012

0.0060

0.0072

-15.04

Marital status- married

0.0035

0.0035

0.0070

-14.57

Education - completion of middle school

-0.0014

-0.0003

-0.0017

3.53

Education - completion of high school

-0.0013

-0.0110

-0.0123

25.78

Education - completion of University or above

-0.0021

-0.0276

-0.0297

62.10

Employment - non-manual job

-0.0023

-0.0218

-0.0241

50.51

Employment - othersa

0.0008

0.0102

0.0109

-22.90

Income quintile 2 (low)

-0.0008

0.0255

0.0247

-51.65

Income quintile 3

0.0002

0.0019

0,0021

-4.48

Income quintile 4

-0.0014

-0.0433

-0.0448

93.73

Income quintile 5(high)

-0.0026

-0.0190

-0.0216

45.23

Insurance - National Health Insurance

0.0000

0.0016

0.0016

-3.34

Insurance - neither

0.0000

-0.0026

-0.0026

5.54

Region - Metro Seoul areas

0.0007

-0.0048

-0.0041

8.64

Place of residence - rural areas

-0.0001

-0.0066

-0.0068

14.45

Sub-total

-0.0120

-0.1017

-0.1109

232.25

Residual

  

0.0632

-132.25

Total

-0.0470

 

-0.0478

100.00

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