From: Income-related inequalities in unmet dental care needs in Spain: traces left by the Great Recession
Mean 2007 (Std. Dev.) | Mean 2012 (Std. Dev.) | Mean 2017 (Std. Dev.) | |||||
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Variables | Definition | Men (n = 12,935) | Women (n = 13,837) | Men (n = 12,818) | Women (n = 13,493) | Men (n = 13,821) | Women (n = 15,111) |
Unmet need | 1 if at least once in the latest year dental care was not received when needed; 0 otherwise | 6.9% | 6.1% | 8.8% | 9.4% | 4.1% | 4.7% |
age16–34 | 1 if aged from 16 to 34; 0 otherwise (reference category) | 35.9% | 33.6% | 30.5% | 29.0% | 25.2% | 23.5% |
age35–64 | 1 if aged from 35 to 64; 0 otherwise | 49.7% | 48.6% | 53.2% | 51.9% | 54.8% | 52.1% |
age65+ | 1 if aged 65 or over; 0 otherwise | 14.4% | 17.9% | 16.3% | 19.1% | 20.0% | 24.4% |
Spanish | 1 if Spanish nationality; 0 otherwise | 91.2% | 90.4% | 89.3% | 89.3% | 92.1% | 91.9% |
single | 1 if single; 0 otherwise (reference category) | 38.1% | 30.3% | 36.9% | 28.8% | 36.2% | 27.6% |
married | 1 if married or living in couple; 0 otherwise | 55.9% | 54.4% | 56.8% | 54.6% | 55.7% | 52.6% |
separated | 1 if separated or divorced; 0 otherwise | 3.5% | 4.9% | 3.7% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 7.0% |
widowed | 1 if widowed; 0 otherwise | 2.6% | 10.4% | 2.6% | 10.6% | 3.4% | 12.8% |
chronic | 1 if any chronic condition is reported; 0 otherwise | 22.3% | 24.1% | 22.8% | 25.5% | 26.4% | 30.7% |
dentxinhab | Number of dentists per 100.000 inhabitants | 53.764 (13.273) | 54.043 (13.337) | 66.752 (18.489) | 67.309 (18.779) | 78.276 (20.319) | 78.784 (20.581) |
primary_educ | 1 if primary education or less; 0 otherwise (reference category) | 27.9% | 31.6% | 23.1% | 26.3% | 21.0% | 25.6% |
lowsec_educ | 1 if lower secondary education; 0 otherwise | 25.1% | 21.9% | 27.9% | 23.6% | 27.4% | 23.5% |
uppersec_educ | 1 if upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education; 0 otherwise | 22.3% | 22.8% | 22.9% | 22.7% | 23.6% | 21.4% |
tertiary_educ | 1 if tertiary education; 0 otherwise | 24.7% | 23.7% | 26.1% | 27.4% | 28.0% | 29.5% |
working | 1 if working; 0 otherwise (reference category) | 65.8% | 45.4% | 51.9% | 40.4% | 54.5% | 42.8% |
unemployed | 1 if unemployed; 0 otherwise | 5.9% | 6.7% | 17.6% | 15.2% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
inactive | 1 if inactive; 0 otherwise | 28.3% | 47.9% | 30.5% | 44.4% | 34.1% | 45.6% |
Ln_eqincome | Log of the equivalent household income (euros 2017) | 9.498 (0.641) | 9.448 (0.666) | 9.531 (0.719) | 9.515 (0.723) | 9.495 (0.728) | 9.463 (0.748) |