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Table 2 Estimation Results from OLS and Probit

From: Who gets a mammogram amongst European women aged 50-69 years?

 

(OLS) Mammogram

 

(Probit) Mammogram

 

Physician Quality Index

0.107**

(0.041)

0.116***

(0.042)

Life Expectancy

0.065**

(0.030)

0.072**

(0.031)

55 < = Age < 60 (d)

0.015

(0.015)

0.020

(0.018)

60 < = Age < 65 (d)

0.005

(0.013)

0.007

(0.015)

65 < = Age < 70 (d)

-0.095**

(0.032)

-0.102***

(0.035)

Self Assessed Health

-0.009**

(0.004)

-0.011**

(0.005)

Number of ADL

-0.029**

(0.011)

-0.032***

(0.012)

Heart Attack (d)

-0.020

(0.021)

-0.023

(0.024)

Stroke (d)

-0.083**

(0.031)

-0.099***

(0.036)

Diabetes (d)

-0.055**

(0.019)

-0.063***

(0.021)

Lung Disease (d)

0.012

(0.025)

0.010

(0.030)

ISCED Low (d)

-0.056**

(0.020)

-0.066***

(0.021)

Verbal Fluency

0.002*

(0.001)

0.003**

(0.001)

Recall Delayed

0.001

(0.004)

0.000

(0.004)

Has Partner (d)

0.046***

(0.014)

0.053***

(0.016)

Children in Household

-0.008

(0.013)

-0.009

(0.014)

Doctor Visits = 10 (d)

0.041**

(0.016)

0.046***

(0.018)

Regularly Drugs (d)

0.055***

(0.010)

0.064***

(0.011)

Hospital Stays = 2 (d)

0.019

(0.047)

0.016

(0.051)

Year and Country Dummies

    

Year 2006

0.006

(0.010)

0.007

(0.013)

Austria (d)

0.477***

(0.009)

0.318***

(0.004)

Germany (d)

0.251***

(0.006)

0.209***

(0.004)

Sweden (d)

0.634***

(0.008)

0.365***

(0.001)

Netherlands (d)

0.645***

(0.011)

0.378***

(0.002)

Spain (d)

0.470***

(0.021)

0.312***

(0.007)

Italy (d)

0.452***

(0.018)

0.314***

(0.008)

France (d)

0.614***

(0.010)

0.362***

(0.002)

Greece (d)

0.225***

(0.020)

0.191***

(0.014)

Switzerland (d)

0.271***

(0.010)

0.217***

(0.007)

Belgium (d)

0.538***

(0.009)

0.349***

(0.003)

Czech (d)

0.343***

(0.021)

0.257***

(0.012)

Poland (d)

0.238***

(0.025)

0.200***

(0.018)

Ireland (d)

0.285***

(0.023)

0.224***

(0.015)

Observations

6,893

 

6,893

 
  1. Marginal effects; Standard errors in parentheses; (d) for discrete change of dummy variable from 0 to 1
  2. * p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01