Table 3 Decomposition of changes in low SRHa rates for various samples of European countries, 2008–2011
From: What accounts for the rise of low self-rated health during the recent economic crisis in Europe?
All EU countries | Baltic countries | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimate | % of change in low SRH | Estimate | % of change in low SRH | |
Change in low SRH | 1.935*** (0.514) | 100 | 3.790*** (1.229) | 100 |
Total “explained” effect (E) | 1.802*** (0.291) | 93.1 | 4.771*** (0.460) | 125.9 |
Total “unexplained” effect (C) | 0.133 (0.616) | 6.9 | −0.981 (1.325) | −25.9 |
Individual characteristics effects | ||||
Real equivalent income | 0.205 (0.180) | 10.6 | 0.372 (0.342) | 9.8 |
Poor | 0.002 (0.023) | 0.1 | 0.001 (0.073) | 0.0 |
Rich | −0.000 (0.000) | − 0.0 | 0.002 (0.002) | 0.0 |
Relatively poor | 0.005 (0.010) | 0.2 | 0.018 (0.043) | 0.5 |
Relatively rich | 0.000 (0.003) | 0.0 | −0.065 (0.048) | −1.7 |
Material deprivation | 0.224*** (0.019) | 11.6 | 1.011*** (0.186) | 26.7 |
Employed full time | 0.345*** (0.036) | 17.8 | 1.332*** (0.115) | 35.2 |
Employed part time | 0.168*** (0.028) | 8.7 | −0.184*** (0.046) | −4.8 |
Unemployed | −0.104*** (0.024) | −5.4 | −0.734*** (0.114) | −19.4 |
Retired | 0.091*** (0.031) | 4.7 | 0.780*** (0.162) | 20.6 |
Disabled | −0.028*** (0.002) | −1.5 | 0.896*** (0.207) | 18.0 |
Inactive | −0.059*** (0.015) | −3.0 | 0.896*** (0.207) | 23.6 |
Other factorsb | 0.955*** (0.322) | 49.3 | 0.661*** (0.193) | 17.4 |
Observations | 43,456 | 3719 | ||