Reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health among elderly Europeans

Pfarr, Christian; Schmid, Andreas; Schneider, Udo

doi:10.1186/2191-1991-2-21

Health Economics Review

Table 4 Mental condition index

From: Reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health among elderly Europeans

Male	AUT		GER		SWE		NED		ESP		ITA		FRA		DEN		GRE		SUI		BEL
sad or depressed last month	0.06		0.18	*	0.03		0.25	**	0.19		0.32	***	0.10		0.13		0.34	***	0.24		0.04
felt would rather be dead	0.61		−0.06		0.54	**	0.25		0.66	**	0.37	**	0.41	***	0.73	**	0.58	*	0.17		0.35	**
feels guilty	0.62	**	0.04		−0.05		0.18		−0.39	**	−0.05		−0.08		0.08		−0.07		−0.07		−0.06
trouble sleeping	0.66	***	0.45	***	0.39	***	0.37	***	0.28	**	0.31	***	0.25	***	0.21	**	0.26	**	0.32	**	0.28	***
less or same interest in things	0.29		0.39	**	0.49	***	0.16		0.12		0.14		0.01		0.05		0.32	***	−0.08		0.25	*
irritability	−0.01		0.15		0.01		−0.06		0.24	**	−0.00		−0.14		0.04		−0.09		−0.25	*	0.06
no appetite	−0.50		−0.27		−0.61	***	−0.85	***	−0.32	**	−0.32	**	−0.46	***	−0.42	**	−0.28		−0.82	***	−0.48	***
fatigue	0.78	***	0.55	***	0.58	***	0.73	***	0.31	***	0.62	***	0.70	***	0.54	***	0.30	***	0.53	***	0.94	***
difficulties concentrating
on entertainment	0.09		−0.15		0.27	*	0.33	**	0.19		0.12		0.25	*	0.28		−0.04		0.39	**	0.03
on reading	0.59	**	0.23		0.11		0.11		0.50	***	0.35	***	0.12		0.41	***	0.32	**	0.17		0.38	***
no enjoyment	−0.04		0.25	**	−0.07		0.21		0.12		0.13		0.18		0.28	**	0.16		0.27		−0.06
tearfulness	−0.07		0.17		−0.05		0.08		0.07		−0.13		−0.06		0.12		−0.29	*	0.22		0.07
N	542		1162		1223		1178		941		1326		1175		1152		1348		629		1413
Female
sad or depressed last month	0.46	***	0.17	**	0.11		−0.03		0.16	*	0.23	***	0.01		0.24	***	0.27	***	0.07		0.01
felt would rather be dead	0.32		0.33		0.22		0.28		0.16		0.64	***	0.23	**	0.43	**	0.14		0.27		0.39	***
feels guilty	−0.01		−0.06		−0.07		−0.07		−0.06		−0.09		−0.14	*	−0.06		−0.15		−0.17		−0.08
trouble sleeping	0.48	***	0.30	***	0.26	***	0.39	***	0.49	***	0.20	***	0.28	***	0.24	***	0.33	***	0.26	**	0.25	***
less or same interest in things	0.23		−0.08		0.32	**	0.01		0.21	*	0.10		0.08		0.45	***	−0.01		0.26		0.07
irritability	−0.13		−0.13		−0.02		0.21	*	−0.04		−0.24	***	−0.17	**	0.02		−0.34	***	−0.11		−0.08
no appetite	0.12		−0.39	***	−0.36	**	−0.32	**	−0.30	**	−0.02		−0.35	***	−0.32	**	−0.44	***	−0.66	***	−0.17
fatigue	0.69	***	0.72	***	0.63	***	0.74	***	0.32	***	0.67	***	0.73	***	0.43	***	0.37	***	0.54	***	0.68	***
difficulties concentrating
on entertainment	−0.06		0.01		−0.19		0.44	***	0.27	**	0.14		0.24	**	0.13		0.39	***	−0.26		0.13
on reading	0.47	**	0.46	***	0.42	***	0.04		0.16		0.33	***	0.17	*	0.45	***	0.30	***	0.56	***	0.32	***
no enjoyment	0.17		0.09		0.12		−0.00		0.37	***	0.10		0.18		0.29	*	0.16		0.62	***	0.23	**
tearfulness	−0.25	**	0.19	**	0.08		0.06		0.14		0.15	*	0.08		0.08		0.11		−0.14		0.07
N	785		1359		1416		1419		1153		1597		1578		1407		1771		799		1704

* p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01.

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ISSN: 2191-1991

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