Table 2 Summary statistics
From: Reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health among elderly Europeans
N = 53,931 | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|
Dependent variable | ||
SAH | 2.95 | 1.06 |
Explanatory variables | ||
Survey Period | 0.49 | 0.50 |
Gender | 0.56 | 0.50 |
Age | 64.45 | 10.35 |
Age2 | 42.61 | 13.83 |
Marital status | 0.76 | 0.43 |
Foreign | 0.02 | 0.15 |
Grandchildren | 0.63 | 0.48 |
Children | 0.89 | 0.31 |
Very low income | 0.15 | 0.35 |
Low income | 0.18 | 0.38 |
High income | 0.10 | 0.30 |
Very high income | 0.28 | 0.45 |
Education1 | 0.31 | 0.46 |
Education2 | 0.19 | 0.39 |
Smoking | 0.48 | 0.50 |
Drinking | 0.33 | 0.47 |
Physical activity | 0.50 | 0.50 |
Physical condition | 49.87 | 9.91 |
Mental condition | 49.93 | 9.95 |
Doctor visits 1-3 | 0.33 | 0.47 |
Doctor visits 4-11 | 0.36 | 0.48 |
Doctor visits >11 | 0.17 | 0.38 |
Hospital nights 1-6 | 0.07 | 0.25 |
Hospital nights 7-14 | 0.03 | 0.18 |
Hospital nights >14 | 0.03 | 0.16 |
Austria | 0.06 | 0.23 |
Germany | 0.10 | 0.30 |
Sweden | 0.10 | 0.30 |
Netherlands | 0.10 | 0.30 |
Spain | 0.08 | 0.27 |
Italy | 0.10 | 0.30 |
Denmark | 0.08 | 0.27 |
Greece | 0.11 | 0.31 |
Switzerland | 0.04 | 0.20 |
Belgium | 0.13 | 0.33 |
Out-of-Pocket Exp. | 17.86 | 9.05 |
Public Health Exp. | 71.98 | 6.76 |
Effective Retirement Age | 60.89 | 1.96 |