Table 5 Effect of Income Inequality on Individual Health Status: Average Marginal Effects from Probit Models Reported

Inequality

Q1

0.38

0.54^a

0.22

0.32^a

0.23^b

0.18^b

0.073^a

0.020

(1.50)

(2.92)

(1.59)

(3.14)

(2.28)

(2.22)

(2.98)

(0.85)

Q2

0.24

0.52^a

0.082

0.29^a

0.095

0.16^b

0.011

0.014

(0.98)

(2.88)

(0.62)

(2.98)

(0.96)

(2.11)

(0.45)

(0.72)

Q3

0.19

0.54^a

0.031

0.29^a

0.046

0.18^b

-0.013

0.021

(0.77)

(3.04)

(0.23)

(3.00)

(0.46)

(2.50)

(0.58)

(1.21)

Q4

0.13

0.58^a

-0.035

0.31^a

-0.018

0.22^a

-0.044^c

0.043^b

(0.52)

(3.28)

(0.26)

(3.24)

(0.18)

(3.15)

(1.89)

(2.39)

Q5

0.023

0.53^a

-0.14

0.26^a

-0.12

0.17^b

-0.095^a

0.026

(0.09)

(3.00)

(1.04)

(2.71)

(1.23)

(2.51)

(3.97)

(1.53)

Region Mean Income

-0.017

-0.051^a

-0.018^c

-0.048^a

-0.018

-0.053^a

-0.021^c

-0.057^a

(1.53)

(4.00)

(1.65)

(3.54)

(1.56)

(4.00)

(1.75)

(3.86)

Household income

Q1

-0.083^a

-0.082^a

-0.083^a

-0.085^a

(5.21)

(5.13)

(5.22)

(5.34)

Q2

-0.057^a

-0.048^b

-0.056^b

-0.067^a

(2.71)

(2.34)

(2.67)

(2.99)

Q3

-0.030

-0.016

-0.031

-0.026

(1.59)

(0.77)

(1.51)

(1.59)

Q4

-0.041^a

-0.032^a

-0.044^a

-0.047^a

(4.49)

(3.52)

(4.77)

(6.23)

Q5

-0.002^a

-0.002^a

-0.002^a

-0.002^a

(2.74)

(2.62)

(2.85)

(3.13)

Wald chi-squared

621

72,430

555

73,752

560

70,832

429

70,664

P value

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Pseudo R2

0.024

0.120

0.023

0.120

0.023

0.120

0.022

0.119