Assessing health outcomes in the aftermath of the great recession: a comparison of Spain and the Netherlands

Table 6 Descriptive statistics

Variable	Obs.	Mean	SD	Min.	Max.
Outcomes
Mental health (factor analysis)	2011	0	1	−5.026	1.687
Physical health (factor analysis)	2011	0	1	−4.137	1.221
Social health (factor analysis)	2011	0	1	−3.626	2.643
Key predictors
Financial security (factor analysis)	2011	0	1	−2.314	1.808
Nationality^a
Spain	1001	−0.083	1.062	− 2.314	1.808
Netherlands	1010	0.082	0.928	−2.314	1.808
Additional covariates
Financial security in childhood (1 = always difficult; 5 = never difficult)	2011	4.087	1.086	1	5
Gender^a
Woman	992	−0.029	0.999	−2.314	1.808
Man	1019	0.028	1.000	−2.314	1.808
Age^a
25–35 years	465	0.001	0.968	−2.314	1.808
36–45 years	483	−0.001	0.988	−2.314	1.533
46–55 years	540	0.0134	1.065	−2.314	1.808
56–65 years	523	−0.014	0.972	−2.314	1.605
Education^a
Lower secondary and below	703	−0.419	1.019	−2.314	1.808
Upper secondary	460	−0.048	0.979	−2.314	1.808
Lower tertiary	451	0.221	0.877	−2.314	1.605
Upper tertiary and above	397	0.546	0.761	−1.836	1.533
Cohabitating with spouse or partner^a
Yes	1412	0.168	0.922	−2.314	1.808
No	599	−0.398	1.062	−2.314	1.808

^aMean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum based on financial security score

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