Decomposing socio-economic inequalities in leisure-time physical inactivity: the case of Spanish children

Gonzalo-Almorox, Eduardo; Urbanos-Garrido, Rosa M.

doi:10.1186/s12939-016-0394-9

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Contributions to inequality in physical inactivity

From: Decomposing socio-economic inequalities in leisure-time physical inactivity: the case of Spanish children

	Boys					Girls
Variable	Partial Effect	Elasticity	Conc.Index	Contribution	% Contribution	Partial Effect	Elasticity	Conc.Index	Contribution	% Contribution
Age5to9	−0.100***	−0.2151	0.0140	−0.0030	5.77 %	−0.141***	−0.2068	0.0229	−0.0047	5.42 %
Age10to14	−0.121***	−0.2461	−0.0302	0.0074	−14.23 %	−0.063	−0.0932	−0.0217	0.0020	−2.32 %
Limit_phys	0.090**	0.0348	0.0098	0.0003	−0.65 %	0.144***	0.0370	0.0291	0.0011	−1.23 %
Emotional_symptoms	0.007	0.0542	−0.0227	−0.0012	2.36 %	0.020***	0.1154	−0.0549	−0.0063	7.26 %
Behaviour_problems	−0.009	−0.0727	−0.0330	0.0024	−4.60 %	−0.011	−0.0572	−0.0975	0.0056	−6.38 %
Hyperactivity	−0.004	−0.0792	−0.0280	0.0022	−4.25 %	0.003	0.0299	−0.0456	−0.0014	1.56 %
Problems_with_peers	0.021***	0.1126	−0.0542	−0.0061	11.68 %	0.020**	0.0652	−0.0747	−0.0049	5.58 %
Pro-social_behaviour	−0.018***	−0.7571	−0.0033	0.0025	−4.77 %	−0.028***	−0.8142	−0.0068	0.0055	−6.33 %
Foreigner	0.035	0.0179	−0.1600	−0.0029	5.48 %	0.109**	0.0420	−0.2126	−0.0089	10.23 %
Log_income	−0.020	−0.7727	0.0280	−0.0216	41.42 %	−0.051**	−1.3836	0.0423	−0.0585	66.98 %
Univ_educ	−0.039*	−0.0499	0.4057	−0.0202	38.74 %	−0.030	−0.0300	0.5937	−0.0178	20.42 %
Rural	−0.010	−0.0125	−0.0331	0.0004	−0.79 %	−0.035	−0.0268	−0.0515	0.0014	−1.58 %
Region_2	0.069	0.0096	0.2572	0.0025	−4.74 %	−0.050	−0.0057	0.2614	−0.0015	1.70 %
Region_3	0.187***	0.0196	0.0491	0.0010	−1.84 %	0.006	0.0004	0.1809	0.0001	−0.08 %
Region_4	0.159	0.0239	−0.0623	−0.0015	2.86 %	0.040	0.0040	0.0976	0.0004	−0.45 %
Region_5	0.039	0.0095	−0.2658	−0.0025	4.85 %	−0.160***	−0.0269	−0.2869	0.0077	−8.86 %
Region_6	0.397	0.0255	0.0165	0.0004	−0.80 %	0.285***	0.0128	−0.0415	−0.0005	0.61 %
Region_7	−0.016	−0.0044	−0.1514	0.0007	−1.29 %	−0.117***	−0.0215	−0.2152	0.0046	−5.30 %
Region_8	−0.003	−0.0008	0.1042	−0.0001	0.15 %	−0.050	−0.0093	0.1065	−0.0010	1.14 %
Region_9	0.080**	0.0737	0.1126	0.0083	−15.88 %	−0.081**	−0.0531	0.1528	−0.0081	9.30 %
Region_10	0.007	0.0045	−0.1042	−0.0005	0.90 %	−0.047	−0.0220	−0.1229	0.0027	−3.10 %
Region_11	−0.003	−0.0004	−0.0847	0.0000	−0.06 %	−0.098**	−0.0091	−0.1829	0.0017	−1.92 %
Region_12	0.002	0.0006	−0.0560	0.0000	0.06 %	−0.037	−0.0074	−0.0817	0.0006	−0.69 %
Region_13	−0.016	−0.0143	0.1578	−0.0023	4.33 %	−0.064*	−0.0388	0.2148	−0.0083	9.54 %
Region_14	0.081	0.0182	−0.0538	−0.0010	1.88 %	0.094*	0.0145	−0.1585	−0.0023	2.63 %
Region_15	0.103**	0.0091	0.1865	0.0017	−3.25 %	0.085	0.0048	0.4073	0.0020	−2.24 %
Region_16	−0.093***	−0.0229	0.3038	−0.0070	13.31 %	−0.170***	−0.0312	0.3602	−0.0112	12.87 %
Region_17	0.002	0.0001	0.0819	0.0000	−0.01 %	−0.119**	−0.0032	0.0923	−0.0003	0.34 %
Region_18	0.132**	0.0032	−0.3516	−0.0011	2.16 %	−0.001	0.0000	−0.3763	0.0000	0.00 %
Residual				−0.0111	21.25 %				0.0132	−15.08 %

^* p < 0.10. ^** p < 0.05. ^*** p < 0.01

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