Introduction
Methods
Decomposition technique
Data on SRH and covariates
2008 | 2011 | |||
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Mean | SDa | Mean | SDa | |
SRH status: 1–5 scale, 1 = very bad, 5 = very good | 3.908 | 0.852 | 3.844 | 0.878 |
Very bad SRH | 0.009 | 0.094 | 0.013 | 0.112 |
Very bad or bad SRH | 0.060 | 0.238 | 0.076 | 0.265 |
Very bad, bad or fair SRH | 0.267 | 0.442 | 0.285 | 0.452 |
Female | 0.591 | 0.492 | 0.563 | 0.496 |
Age | 44.343 | 12.043 | 46.004 | 12.412 |
Real equivalent household income (Euro in 2004 prices) | 18,824.3 | 14,381.9 | 16,945.3 | 14,837.6 |
Poor (income < 60% of the median) | 0.154 | 0.361 | 0.173 | 0.378 |
Rich (income > 200% of the median) | 0.083 | 0.276 | 0.083 | 0.276 |
Relatively poor | 0.116 | 0.320 | 0.125 | 0.330 |
Relatively rich | 0.057 | 0.231 | 0.059 | 0.236 |
Material deprivation | 0.154 | 0.361 | 0.178 | 0.382 |
Primary education and less | 0.114 | 0.317 | 0.102 | 0.303 |
Lower secondary education | 0.154 | 0.361 | 0.155 | 0.362 |
Upper secondary education | 0.462 | 0.499 | 0.472 | 0.499 |
Tertiary education | 0.270 | 0.444 | 0.271 | 0.444 |
Married | 0.587 | 0.492 | 0.610 | 0.488 |
No longer married | 0.135 | 0.341 | 0.138 | 0.344 |
Never married | 0.279 | 0.448 | 0.252 | 0.434 |
Employed, full-time | 0.544 | 0.498 | 0.519 | 0.500 |
Employed, part-time | 0.125 | 0.331 | 0.107 | 0.310 |
Unemployed | 0.058 | 0.233 | 0.072 | 0.259 |
Retired | 0.126 | 0.332 | 0.146 | 0.353 |
Disabled | 0.041 | 0.198 | 0.040 | 0.196 |
Inactive | 0.106 | 0.308 | 0.116 | 0.320 |
Densely populated area | 0.452 | 0.498 | 0.468 | 0.499 |
Intermediate populated area | 0.319 | 0.466 | 0.289 | 0.453 |
Thinly populated area | 0.257 | 0.437 | 0.316 | 0.465 |
Observations | 43,456 |
Results
Sample | Low SRH (%) in 2008 | Low SRH (%) in 2011 | Change in low SRH | % change in low SRH | P-valueb |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All EU countries | 26.66 (0.2) | 28.52 (0.2) | 1.9 | 7.0 | 0.000 |
Severe recession countriesc | 24.44 (0.4) | 23.89 (0.4) | −0.6 | −2.3 | 0.315 |
Baltic countries | 46.50 (0.8) | 50.29 (0.8) | 3.8 | 8.2 | 0.001 |
All EU countries | Baltic countries | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Estimate | % of change in low SRH | Estimate | % of change in low SRH | |
Change in low SRH | 1.935*** (0.514) | 100 | 3.790*** (1.229) | 100 |
Total “explained” effect (E) | 1.802*** (0.291) | 93.1 | 4.771*** (0.460) | 125.9 |
Total “unexplained” effect (C) | 0.133 (0.616) | 6.9 | −0.981 (1.325) | −25.9 |
Individual characteristics effects
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Real equivalent income | 0.205 (0.180) | 10.6 | 0.372 (0.342) | 9.8 |
Poor | 0.002 (0.023) | 0.1 | 0.001 (0.073) | 0.0 |
Rich | −0.000 (0.000) | − 0.0 | 0.002 (0.002) | 0.0 |
Relatively poor | 0.005 (0.010) | 0.2 | 0.018 (0.043) | 0.5 |
Relatively rich | 0.000 (0.003) | 0.0 | −0.065 (0.048) | −1.7 |
Material deprivation | 0.224*** (0.019) | 11.6 | 1.011*** (0.186) | 26.7 |
Employed full time | 0.345*** (0.036) | 17.8 | 1.332*** (0.115) | 35.2 |
Employed part time | 0.168*** (0.028) | 8.7 | −0.184*** (0.046) | −4.8 |
Unemployed | −0.104*** (0.024) | −5.4 | −0.734*** (0.114) | −19.4 |
Retired | 0.091*** (0.031) | 4.7 | 0.780*** (0.162) | 20.6 |
Disabled | −0.028*** (0.002) | −1.5 | 0.896*** (0.207) | 18.0 |
Inactive | −0.059*** (0.015) | −3.0 | 0.896*** (0.207) | 23.6 |
Other factorsb | 0.955*** (0.322) | 49.3 | 0.661*** (0.193) | 17.4 |
Observations | 43,456 | 3719 |