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Table 1 Definition of variables and descriptive statistics of the sample

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.)

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)