Changes in income-related inequalities in cervical cancer screening during the Spanish economic crisis: a decomposition analysis

Merino-Ventosa, María; Urbanos-Garrido, Rosa M.

doi:10.1186/s12939-018-0894-x

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 2 Contributions to inequality in cervical cancer screening 2006–07 and 2011–12 and decomposition of total change

From: Changes in income-related inequalities in cervical cancer screening during the Spanish economic crisis: a decomposition analysis

	2006–07					2011–12					Total change
Variables	Partial effect	Elasticity	Corrected CI	Contribution (1)	% Contribution	Partial effect	Elasticity	Corrected CI	Contribution (2)	% Contribution	Contribution (2)–(1)
35–44	0.1299***	0.0518	0.1097	0.0057	3.3%	0.0844***	0.0316	0.0285	0.0009	0.5%	−0.0048
45–54	0.1368***	0.0416	−0.1588	−0.0066	−3.8%	0.0857***	0.0281	−0.0157	− 0.0004	− 0.2%	0.0062
55–64	0.0383***	0.0102	− 0.3293	− 0.0033	−1.9%	− 0.0195	− 0.0049	0.1396	− 0.0007	− 0.4%	0.0027
Spanish	0.1463***	0.1819	0.0033	0.0006	0.3%	0.1354***	0.1489	0.0756	0.0113	6.0%	0.0107
Married	0.1603***	0.1635	−0.0568	− 0.0093	−5.4%	0.0644***	0.0532	−0.0346	− 0.0018	−1.0%	0.0075
Ph_inact	−0.0444***	− 0.0242	− 0.2233	0.0054	3.1%	−0.0630***	− 0.0381	− 0.2474	0.0094	5.0%	0.0040
Fair_health	0.0409***	0.0141	− 0.3630	−0.0051	−3.0%	0.0242	0.0062	−0.3064	− 0.0019	−1.0%	0.0032
Bad_health	0.0293	0.0022	−0.5187	− 0.0012	− 0.7%	− 0.0345	− 0.0023	−0.5829	0.0014	0.7%	0.0025
Verybad_health	0.0531	0.0015	−0.3333	−0.0005	− 0.3%	0.0633	0.0010	−0.7164	− 0.0007	− 0.4%	− 0.0002
Working	0.0316***	0.0235	0.4497	0.0106	6.1%	0.0395***	0.0292	0.4778	0.0139	7.4%	0.0034
Educ2	0.0404***	0.0120	0.2691	0.0032	1.9%	0.0478***	0.0155	0.1315	0.0020	1.1%	− 0.0012
Educ3	0.0463***	0.0190	1.1101	0.0211	12.2%	0.0801***	0.0302	1.0825	0.0327	17.4%	0.0116
Ln_eqincome	0.1110***	1.0295	0.1053	0.1084	62.8%	0.0711***	0.6094	0.1336	0.0814	43.3%	−0.0270
Public_ins	− 0.1122***	− 0.1209	− 0.2616	0.0316	18.3%	− 0.0471**	− 0.0490	− 0.2434	0.0119	6.3%	− 0.0197
Region2	0.0610***	0.0021	0.3763	0.0008	0.5%	0.0241	0.0009	0.7786	0.0007	0.4%	−0.0001
Region3	0.0408	0.0014	0.2910	0.0004	0.2%	0.0077	0.0002	0.3192	0.0001	0.0%	−0.0003
Region4	0.1124***	0.0045	0.7439	0.0034	1.9%	0.0905***	0.0029	0.3848	0.0011	0.6%	−0.0023
Region5	0.1155***	0.0081	−0.7660	−0.0062	−3.6%	0.1613***	0.0096	−0.9279	−0.0090	−4.8%	− 0.0027
Region6	−0.0031	− 0.0001	−0.2263	0.0000	0.0%	0.0000	0.0000	−0.0415	0.0000	0.0%	0.0000
Region7	0.0582**	0.0043	−0.2247	−0.0010	− 0.6%	0.0947***	0.0065	0.2429	0.0016	0.8%	0.0025
Region8	0.0071	0.0004	−0.4940	− 0.0002	−0.1%	0.0600**	0.0031	−0.6753	−0.0021	−1.1%	− 0.0019
Region9	0.0285	0.0049	0.8364	0.0041	2.4%	0.1326***	0.0270	0.6263	0.0169	9.0%	0.0129
Region10	0.0089	0.0013	0.0693	0.0001	0.1%	0.1101***	0.0155	−0.1839	−0.0028	−1.5%	−0.0029
Region11	−0.0369	−0.0011	−1.0699	0.0011	0.7%	0.0196	0.0005	−0.6949	−0.0004	− 0.2%	−0.0015
Region12	0.0400**	0.0031	−0.3635	−0.0011	− 0.7%	0.0213	0.0016	−0.4345	− 0.0007	−0.4%	0.0004
Region13	0.0425**	0.0083	0.6799	0.0056	3.3%	0.0955***	0.0180	0.4617	0.0083	4.4%	0.0027
Region14	0.0308	0.0013	−0.5062	−0.0007	− 0.4%	0.0824***	0.0033	−0.4122	− 0.0013	−0.7%	− 0.0007
Region15	0.0963***	0.0018	0.6742	0.0012	0.7%	0.0300	0.0005	1.0422	0.0005	0.3%	−0.0007
Region16	0.0786***	0.0066	0.4933	0.0033	1.9%	0.0605**	0.0037	0.8995	0.0033	1.8%	0.0001
Region17	0.0095	0.0001	0.1690	0.0000	0.0%	0.0976***	0.0008	0.4331	0.0004	0.2%	0.0003
Region18	−0.0554	−0.0002	−0.5003	0.0001	0.1%	0.0432	0.0001	−0.8504	−0.0001	0.0%	−0.0002
Residual				0.0011	0.6%				0.0122	6.5%	0.0111
Corrected CI				0.1726	100.0%				0.1880	100.0%	0.0154

CI: concentration index
***Statistically significant at 99% level (p < 0.01); **Statistically significant at 95% level (p < 0.05)

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