Horizontal inequity in self-reported morbidity and untreated morbidity in India: Evidence from National Sample Survey Data

Verma, Veenapani Rajeev; Dash, Umakant

doi:10.1186/s12939-020-01376-0

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Regression coefficients (b), Absolute contribution and Relative contribution of determinants to income related inequality in Self-reported morbidity in India over the years

From: Horizontal inequity in self-reported morbidity and untreated morbidity in India: Evidence from National Sample Survey Data

		2017–18				2014				2004
REPORTED MORBIDITY		Coeff	EI	Abs.	% Con	Coeff	EI	Abs.	% Con	Coeff	EI	Abs.	%Con
REPORTED MORBIDITY	*Individuals reporting ailment in last 15 days*
Need Variables
Age & Sex Interaction	15–29 Male^b
	0–14 Male	0.036^***	−0.099	− 0.004	− 0.062	0.041^***	− 0.109	− 0.004	− 0.059	0.040^***	− 0.118	− 0.005	− 0.082
	30–44 Male	0.014^***	0.005	0.000	0.001	0.023^***	0.011	0.000	0.003	0.014^***	0.014	0.000	0.003
	45–59 Male	0.059^***	0.045	0.003	0.046	0.078^***	0.046	0.004	0.047	0.055^***	0.041	0.002	0.038
	60+ Male	0.230^***	0.024	0.006	0.097	0.023^***	0.031	0.007	0.095	0.234^***	0.028	0.007	0.112
	0–14 Female	0.030^***	− 0.099	− 0.003	− 0.052	0.030^***	− 0.117	− 0.004	− 0.047	0.032^***	− 0.134	− 0.004	− 0.074
	15–29 Female	0.011^***	0.007	0.000	0.001	0.022^***	0.001	0.000	0.000	0.009^***	0.024	0.000	0.004
	30–44 Female	0.038^***	0.007	0.000	0.005	0.057^***	0.013	0.001	0.010	0.035^***	0.017	0.001	0.010
	45–59 Female	0.092^***	0.054	0.005	0.086	0.124^***	0.058	0.007	0.095	0.071^***	0.045	0.003	0.054
	60+ Female	0.216^***	0.025	0.005	0.092	0.226^***	0.028	0.006	0.085	0.220^***	0.027	0.006	0.101
SUBTOTAL (NEED)				0.012	0.214			0.017	0.230			0.009	0.165
Non-Need Variables
Marital Status	Never Married^b
	Currently Married	−0.002	0.112	0.000	−0.004	0.003	0.130	0.000	0.006	0.012^***	0.121	0.001	0.024
	Widowed/Divorced	0.040^***	0.032	0.001	0.022	0.034^***	0.034	0.001	0.015	0.040^***	0.033	0.001	0.022
Location	Urban^b
Location	Rural	− 0.004^*	− 0.512	0.002	0.036	− 0.007^*	− 0.407	0.003	0.039	0.008^**	−0.425	− 0.003	− 0.057
Social Group	Others^b
	Scheduled Tribe	−0.025^***	− 0.102	0.003	0.045	−0.023^***	−0.098	0.002	0.030	−0.030^***	−0.095	0.003	0.049
	Other Backward Caste	−0.007^*	− 0.108	0.001	0.013	0.001	−0.108	0.000	−0.002	− 0.002	− 0.116	0.000	0.003
	Scheduled Caste	− 0.009^***	− 0.046	0.000	0.007	0.004	−0.046	0.000	−0.003	−0.005	− 0.073	0.000	0.006
Health Insurance	Insurance coverage including government schemes^b
Health Insurance	No coverage	−0.028^***	− 0.133	0.004	0.064	−0.040^***	− 0.121	0.005	0.063	−0.039^***	− 0.028	0.001	0.019
Education	Formal schooling Secondary & above^b
	Schooling till middle	0.008	−0.019	0.000	−0.003	0.022^***	0.005	0.000	0.001	0.018^***	0.085	0.002	0.026
	schooling till primary	0.006	−0.128	−0.001	− 0.013	0.019^***	− 0.123	− 0.002	−0.030	0.015^***	−0.052	− 0.001	− 0.013
	Literate without schooling	0.012	−0.005	0.000	−0.001	0.045^**	−0.006	0.000	−0.004	0.030^***	−0.002	0.000	−0.001
	Illiterate	0.008^**	−0.157	−0.001	− 0.022	0.025^***	− 0.187	− 0.005	− 0.061	0.033^***	− 0.295	−0.010	− 0.168
Employment	Wage worker^b
	Self-employed	−0.002	− 0.102	0.000	0.003	−0.005	− 0.073	0.000	0.004	0.002	−0.026	0.000	−0.001
	Casual laborer	0.000	−0.220	0.000	0.000	0.003	− 0.216	−0.001	− 0.008	0.010^**	− 0.276	− 0.003	− 0.049
	Others	0.027^***	0.059	0.002	0.027	0.043^***	0.049	0.002	0.028	0.020^***	0.082	0.002	0.028
Religion	Hinduism^b
	Islam	0.016^***	−0.047	− 0.001	− 0.013	0.005	− 0.065	0.000	− 0.004	0.016^***	− 0.050	− 0.001	− 0.013
	Christianity	0.00^***	0.020	0.000	0.006	0.001^***	0.020	0.001	0.013	0.001^***	0.026	0.001	0.022
	Others	0.015^**	0.034	0.001	0.009	0.014^**	0.031	0.000	0.006	−0.001	0.028	0.000	0.000
State Type	More Developed(Non-EAG) States^b
State Type	Least Dev. (EAG) States	−0.011^***	− 0.512	0.005	0.094	−0.033^***	− 0.450	0.015	0.198	−0.012^***	− 0.381	0.005	0.078
Housing Conditions Index	Low-risk households^b
	Medium-risk households	0.018^***	0.026	0.000	0.008	0.006	0.168	0.001	−0.046	0.005	0.239	0.001	0.020
	High-risk households	0.022^***	−0.487	− 0.011	− 0.189	0.006	− 0.539	− 0.003	0.014	−0.005	− 0.516	0.003	0.046
Household Size	Less than 10 members^b
Household Size	More than 10 members	−.0.009^**	− 0.067	0.001	0.011	−0.001	− 0.069	0.000	0.001	−0.003	− 0.124	0.000	0.007
Expenditure Quintiles	Highest MPCE Quintile^b
	Fourth MPCE Quintile	−0.022^***	0.336	−0.007	− 0.130	− 0.026^***	0.341	− 0.009	− 0.116	− 0.025^***	0.338	− 0.008	− 0.143
	Middle MPCE Quintile	− 0.033^***	0.079	−0.003	− 0.045	− 0.041^***	0.044	− 0.002	− 0.024	− 0.041^***	0.090	− 0.004	− 0.063
	Second MPCE Quintile	− 0.045^***	− 0.270	0.012	0.211	−0.043^***	− 0.275	0.012	0.158	−0.047^***	− 0.264	0.012	0.211
	First MPCE Quintile	−0.050^***	− 0.723	0.036	0.620	−0.049^***	−0.706	0.035	0.460	−0.060^***	− 0.729	0.044	0.745
SUBTOTAL (NON-NEED)				0.043	0.778			0.056	0.769			0.047	0.835
Residual		0.002^***	0.002	0.002	0.028	0.002^***	0.002	0.002	0.033	0.002^***	0.002	0.002	0.035
EI (Unstandardized)				0.058	1.000			0.075	1.000			0.058	1.000

Standard error (S.E) in parentheses
Level of significance: *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1

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