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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the sample (N= 14,728)

From: A distributional regression approach to income-related inequality of health in Australia

Numerical variables

Mean

S.D.

Min

Max

SF-6D health score

0.76

0.12

0.3

1

(Equivalized) income ($1000)

51.13

34.92

0.001

781.22

Age

44.87

18.57

15

96

Age squared: (Age−44.87)2

344.92

368.09

0.02

2614.69

Number of children

 

Aged 0-4

0.18

0.51

0

4

Aged 5-14

0.30

0.71

0

7

Life satisfaction (0, 1,..., 10)

7.93

1.41

0

10

Categorical variables (in %, with reference indicated in bold)

Ancestry

 

Smoking

 

Indigenous

2.50

Yes

17.57

Non-indigenous

97.50

No

82.43

Occupational status

 

Time stress

 

Managers & professionals

24.57

Almost always

8.73

Service & sales workers

29.87

Often

26.76

Manual workers

9.02

Sometimes

40.89

Unemployed

4.04

Rarely

20.77

Not in labour force

32.50

Never

2.85

Sleep quality

 

Satisfaction with weight

 

Very good

19.39

Very satisfied

8.98

Fairly good

54.97

Satisfied

26.69

Fairly bad

20.48

Neither satisfied/

24.19

  

dissatisfied

  

Very bad

3.97

Dissatisfied

31.47

Not reported

1.19

Very dissatisfied

8.67

Physical activity

    

No

11.11

   

Some

37.27

   

Frequent

51.62

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