Table 1 Descriptive statistics (2002, 2006, 2011 and 2015)
From: Subjective social status, social network and health disparities: empirical evidence from Greece
Variable | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 N = 926 | 2006 N = 4003 | 2011 N = 6569 | 2015 N = 2012 | |
Self- rated health status | ||||
Very bad | 0.8% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.3% |
Bad | 4.2% | 6.1% | 4.9% | 5.4% |
Average | 21.7% | 20.3% | 24.2% | 22.8 |
Good | 43.7% | 37.5% | 41.3% | 40.7% |
Very good | 25.5% | 32.6% | 27.5% | 28.8% |
Urbanization | ||||
Urban | – | 63.5% | 73.9% | 74.3% |
Rural | – | 36.5% | 26.1% | 25.7% |
Gender | ||||
Male | 39.4% | 49.3% | 48% | 47.6% |
Female | 58.3% | 50.7% | 52% | 52.4% |
Marital Status | ||||
Married | – | 59.4% | 69.4% | 63.4% |
Single | – | 29% | 20.4 | 25% |
Divorced | – | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3.1% |
Widow | – | 7.6% | 7.3% | 8.5% |
Number of family membersa | – | – | 2.99(2.12) | 2.94(1.33) |
Public health insurance | ||||
Yes | – | 95% | 95.1% | 91.9% |
No | – | 4.1% | 4.6% | 7.3% |
Private health insurance | ||||
Yes | – | 11.9% | 15.6% | 13.2% |
No | – | 85.6% | 83.6% | 85.5% |
Age | ||||
18–24 | 2.9% | 1.5% | 6.7% | 9.4% |
25–39 | 24.9% | 13.3% | 25.1% | 25.9% |
40–54 | 32.4% | 22.1% | 28.1% | 26.4% |
55–64 | 17.7% | 16.1% | 17.6% | 15.4% |
65+ | 19.4% | 46.4% | 22.4% | 22.9% |
Existence of chronic disease | ||||
Yes | – | 36.4% | 40.1% | 42.1% |
No | – | 62.7% | 59.9% | 57.9% |
Social networkb | ||||
0 | – | – | – | 3.4% |
1–2 | – | – | – | 28.7% |
3–5 | – | – | – | 46.6% |
Over 6 | – | – | – | 21.2% |
Self-rated SES | ||||
Scale 1 – Lowest social status | – | – | – | 4.3% |
Scale 2 | – | – | – | 3.1% |
Scale 3 | – | – | – | 5.6% |
Scale 4 | – | – | – | 7.6% |
Scale 5 | – | – | – | 25.7% |
Scale 6 | – | – | – | 15.2% |
Scale 7 | – | – | – | 17.4% |
Scale 8 | – | – | – | 10.2% |
Scale 9 | – | – | – | 2.7% |
Scale 10 – Higher social status | – | – | – | 2.0% |