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Table 3 Oaxaca-blinder decomposition of changes in inequalities of catastrophic expenditures, 2014-2018

From: Inequalities in catastrophic health expenditures in conflict-affected areas and the Colombian peace agreement: an oaxaca-blinder change decomposition analysis

Variable

Distributional effect

Coefficient effect

Total

ηΔC

CΔη

Displaced

-

-

-

 No

-

-

-

 Yes

0.002

0.010

0.012

Age group

-

-

-

 Less than 18 years

NA

-0.001

-0.001

 18 – 44 years

-

-

-

 45 – 64 years

0.001

-0.006

-0.005

 65 years or more

-0.002

-0.000

-0.002

Gender

-

-

-

 Male

-

-

-

 Female

0.003

0.006

0.009

Residence

-

-

-

 Urban

-

-

-

 Rural

-0.013

0.010

-0.003

Work

-

-

-

 Formal

-

-

-

 Informal

0.013

-0.067

-0.054

Out of Labor Force

-0.002

0.017

0.015

Conflict level

-

-

-

 Outside Meta

0.000

-0.002

-0.002

 Capital city

-

-

-

 Highly affected

-0.007

-0.050

-0.057

 No conflict

0.002

0.004

0.006

 Lowly affected

0.014

-0.012

0.002

Ethnicity

-

-

-

 Majority

-

-

-

 Minority

0.000

-0.005

-0.005

Education

-

-

-

 None

-

-

-

 Primary School

-0.002

0.056

0.054

 Secondary School

0.004

-0.020

-0.016

 Undergraduate

-0.000

-0.013

-0.013

Marital status

-

-

-

 Married

-

-

-

 Consensual Union

-0.005

0.003

-0.002

 Divorced

0.003

0.004

0.007

 Widow/er

-0.002

0.003

0.001

 Single

0.000

-0.001

-0.001

Health insurance scheme

-

-

-

 Not affiliated

0.000

0.000

 

 Contributive

-

-

-

 Subsidized

-0.006

-0.009

-0.015

 Other

0.001

0.002

0.003

Sick in the previous 12 months

-

-

-

 Yes

-

-

-

 No

-0.004

0.008

0.004

Children under 5 years old

0.000

-0.001

-0.001

Log household size

0.001

-0.001

0.000

WHODAS

0.003

0.000

0.003

SRQ+

-

-

-

 No

-

-

-

 Yes

0.003

-0.005

-0.002

Quintiles

-

-

-

 Quintil 1

-

-

-

 Quintil 2

0.000

0.003

0.003

 Quintil 3

-0.000

0.000

-0.000

 Quintil 4

-0.000

-0.038

-0.038

 Quintil 5

0.000

0.004

0.004

Total

-0.007

-0.104

-0.111

  1. Source: Own elaboration based on CONPAS 2014 – 2018
  2. Abbreviations SRQ+ person has a possible mental health disorder (i.e., a SRQ positive case), WHODAS Disability score in World Health Organization Dissability Assessment Schedule