Measurement and decomposition of income-related inequality in self-rated health among the elderly in China

Table 5 Inequality decompositions for CCI, by gender

	Female					Male
Variables	Coefficients(λ_j)	Means	Concentration Index	Contributions to CCI	Contributions (%)	Coefficients(λ_j)	Means	Concentration Index	Contributions to CCI	Contributions (%)
Age	0.001	67.45	−0.004	−0.001	−2.42	0.0004	67.81	−0.001	−0.0001	− 0.15
Middle school and above	0.015	0.13	0.484	0.004	8.35	0.007	0.29	0.294	0.003	3.67
Married	−0.010	0.75	0.033	−0.001	−2.26	− 0.020	0.85	0.017	−0.001	−1.68
Employed	0.052	0.52	−0.098	− 0.011	−23.74	0.079	0.61	−0.109	− 0.021	−30.73
Rural	−0.052	0.78	−0.141	0.023	50.78	−0.016	0.72	−0.202	0.009	13.27
Regions
Central	0.028	0.34	−0.036	− 0.001	−3.13	0.017	0.34	−0.039	− 0.0009	−1.29
Eastern	0.043	0.31	0.071	0.004	8.54	0.039	0.31	0.094	0.005	6.73
With chronic diseases	−0.101	0.76	0.0005	−0.0001	− 0.33	− 0.114	0.71	0.007	−0.002	−3.09
With physical disabilities	−0.063	0.30	−0.095	0.007	16.31	−0.072	0.33	−0.076	0.007	10.48
Having ever smoked or smoking now	−0.009	0.11	−0.088	0.0004	0.82	−0.019	0.79	−0.021	0.001	1.80
Taking medical examination during the last two years	−0.015	0.45	0.070	−0.002	−4.35	−0.014	0.45	0.089	−0.002	−3.38
Level of social medical insurance
Middle	0.018	0.09	0.261	0.002	3.72	0.026	0.06	0.236	0.001	1.98
High	0.002	0.11	0.714	0.0006	1.32	0.048	0.22	0.597	0.025	36.67
Equivalized per capita income (thousand Yuan)	0.0007	12.95	0.613	0.022	49.51	0.0004	14.54	0.620	0.015	22.26
Main avoidable social factors(Income, residence, region, medical insurance, employment)				0.039	87.00				0.034	48.88
Total				0.046	103.12				0.039	56.54

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