Assessing changes in social determinants of health inequalities in South Africa : a decomposition analysis

Omotoso, Kehinde O.; Koch, Steven F.

doi:10.1186/s12939-018-0885-y

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Oaxaca-type decomposition of change in the health inequalities, 2004–2010 and 2010–2014

From: Assessing changes in social determinants of health inequalities in South Africa : a decomposition analysis

	2004–2010						2010–2014
	Ill-health status			Disability			Ill-health status			Disability
	Δ C	se	%	Δ C	se	%	Δ C	se	%	Δ C	se	%
0 - 6 yrs	-0.004	0.008	-9.4	-0.046	0.008	191.1	-0.013	0.008	-92.9	0.059	0.009	311.2
6 - 17 yrs	-0.001	0.009	-1.9	0.006	0.008	-26.4	-0.006	0.009	-43.1	0.023	0.010	122.3
18 - 30 yrs	0.002	0.010	4.0	0.008	0.009	-34.3	-0.006	0.010	-42.9	0.014	0.010	72.9
31 - 45 yrs	0.004	0.011	10.5	-0.021	0.009	86.4	0.005	0.010	33.6	-0.006	0.010	-30.4
46 - 64 yrs	0.003	0.013	7.4	-0.039	0.010	159.7	0.002	0.012	12.2	-0.018	0.011	-96.3
Black African	-0.006	0.003	-14.3	-0.055	0.002	227.5	-0.001	0.003	-11.1	0.007	0.002	38.8
Indian	0.000	0.016	-0.9	0.000	0.007	0.5	-0.004	0.016	-32.6	0.000	0.007	-0.5
White	0.009	0.018	23.3	0.012	0.008	-49.9	0.020	0.017	146.9	0.009	0.008	47.5
Single	0.019	0.018	48.6	0.032	0.007	-131.3	0.002	0.019	18.0	-0.013	0.008	-70.9
No schooling	0.001	0.231	1.5	0.013	0.236	-53.3	0.004	0.033	31.0	-0.010	0.021	-54.4
Less than diploma	0.000	0.019	-1.0	-0.003	0.020	11.3	0.002	0.013	15.2	0.021	0.014	108.8
Diploma certificate	-0.001	0.018	-3.7	0.022	0.019	-91.5	-0.003	0.011	-20.7	-0.015	0.012	-77.9
Honours degree	0.001	0.020	3.8	0.017	0.019	-69.6	-0.003	0.014	-21.5	-0.019	0.012	-98.9
Employed	-0.002	0.040	-4.1	0.063	0.025	-261.5	0.004	0.036	26.0	-0.012	0.020	-62.6
Urban	0.018	0.004	47.8	0.001	0.002	-6.1	0.001	0.004	8.8	0.007	0.002	35.7
Western Cape	0.014	0.005	35.3	-0.018	0.003	75.8	-0.005	0.005	-40.7	0.004	0.003	22.1
Eastern Cape	-0.002	0.011	-4.0	0.003	0.006	-11.7	-0.012	0.011	-92.4	0.006	0.006	33.8
Northern cape	0.000	0.008	1.0	0.000	0.006	-0.5	0.000	0.009	-0.1	0.000	0.007	0.6
Kwazulu-Natal	-0.011	0.010	-27.6	0.007	0.006	-29.7	0.002	0.010	15.9	0.004	0.007	23.4
North West	-0.011	0.010	-27.6	0.001	0.006	-5.4	0.000	0.010	-2.7	-0.003	0.007	-14.5
Gauteng	0.009	0.008	24.0	-0.032	0.005	133.3	0.015	0.008	114.5	0.013	0.006	66.6
Mpumalanga	0.000	0.009	0.6	0.002	0.005	-8.6	-0.001	0.009	-9.8	-0.001	0.006	-4.0
Limpopo	-0.008	0.010	-20.1	-0.007	0.005	28.7	0.005	0.010	35.8	0.013	0.006	67.8
Grant recipient	0.002	0.009	5.7	0.008	0.006	-32.3	0.007	0.010	54.1	-0.064	0.006	-341.8
Female	0.000	0.006	1.1	0.000	0.005	-2.0	0.000	0.005	-1.8	0.000	0.004	0.7
Total	0.039			-0.024			0.013			0.019

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