Table 9 Five measures on the income-health relationship from fitting a lognormal distribution to the transformed health variable using GAMLSS regression
From: A distributional regression approach to income-related inequality of health in Australia
| Â | $20,000 | $80,000 | Absolute difference | Relative difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
a) Smokers | ||||
E(h) | 0.759 [0.733; 0.773] | 0.770 [0.742; 0.784] | 0.011 [0.001; 0.031] | 1.41% [ 0.08%; 3.99%] |
σ | 0.194 [0.148; 0.266] | 0.188 [0.143; 0.263] | 0.006 [0.001; 0.059] | 3.19% [ 0.34%; 24.25%] |
P avg | 0.465 [0.452; 0.489] | 0.436 [0.426; 0.458] | 0.028 [0.012; 0.046] | 6.06% [ 2.57%; 9.66%] |
P fair | 0.254 [0.223; 0.290] | 0.233 [0.200; 0.274] | 0.020 [0.001; 0.056] | 8.03% [ 0.33%; 20.26%] |
P poor | 0.142 [0.107; 0.183] | 0.129 [0.093; 0.173] | 0.013 [0.001; 0.049] | 9.29% [ 0.47%; 29.94%] |
b) Non-smokers | ||||
E(h) | 0.774 [0.756; 0.790] | 0.784 [0.764; 0.801] | 0.010 [0.001; 0.028] | 1.30% [ 0.07%; 3.47%] |
σ | 0.182 [0.133; 0.236] | 0.176 [0.129; 0.233] | 0.006 [0.000; 0.051] | 3.20% [ 0.30%; 23.91%] |
P avg | 0.429 [0.408; 0.447] | 0.401 [0.382; 0.419] | 0.027 [0.009; 0.050] | 6.39% [ 2.03%; 11.47%] |
P fair | 0.226 [0.184; 0.256] | 0.207 [0.162; 0.242] | 0.019 [0.001; 0.055] | 8.34% [ 0.25%; 23.44%] |
P poor | 0.123 [0.082; 0.155] | 0.111 [0.070; 0.146] | 0.012 [0.001; 0.045] | 9.57% [ 0.52%; 33.59%] |