Table 1 Variable description
From: Reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health among elderly Europeans
variable name | variable description |
|---|---|
SAH | Self-assessed health, 1 = excellent, 5 = poor |
Survey Period | 1 if survey period 2006/2007 |
Gender | 1 if female |
Age | Age in years |
Age2 | Age squared divided by 100 |
Marital status | 1 if living with a partner or a spouse |
Foreign | 1 if foreign |
Grandchildren | 1 if respondent has got one or more grandchildren |
Children | 1 if respondent has got one or more children |
Very low income | 1 if income ≤ 50 % of the country’s median equivalent net household income |
Low income | 1 if income > 50 % but ≤ 75 % of the country’s median equivalent net household income |
High income | 1 if income > 125 % but ≤ 150 % of the country’s median equivalent net household income |
Very high income | 1 if income > 150 % of the country’s median equivalent net household income |
Education1 | 1 if the level of education according to the ISCED scale is 3 or 4 (reference is ISCED category 1 and 2) |
Education2 | 1 if the level of education according to the ISCED scale is 5 or 6 (reference is ISCED category 1 and 2) |
Smoking | 1 if respondent has ever been a daily smoker for at least one year |
Drinking | 1 if respondent has been drinking alcoholic beverages at least once or twice a week over the past six months |
Physical activity | 1 if respondent is engaged in vigorous physical activity like sports or heavy housework at least once a week |
Physical condition | Index of respondents physical health status |
Mental condition | Index of respondents mental health status |
Doctor visits 1-3 | 1 if 1 to 3 doctor visits in the last 12 months |
Doctor visits 4-11 | 1 if 4 to 11 doctor visits in the last 12 months |
Doctor visits >11 | 1 if more than 11 doctor visits in the last 12 months |
Hospital nights 1-6 | 1 if 1-6 nights in hospital in the last 12 months |
Hospital nights 7-14 | 1 if 7-14 nights in hospital in the last 12 months |
Hospital nights >14 | 1 if more than 14 nights in hospital in the last 12 months |
Out-of-Pocket Exp. | Out-of-Pocket health expenditures as percentage of total expenditures on health |
Public Health Exp. | Public health expenditures as percentage of total expenditures on health |
Effective Retirement Age | Average effective age of retirement |