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Table 1 Full panel data sample summary statistics: males answering both waves

From: Economic conditions, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease: analysis of the Icelandic economic collapse

 

2007

2012

t-test

Variable

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

N

p-value

Age

55.075

14.893

1501

60.075

14.893

1501

0.0000

1 if hypertension

0.218

0.413

1460

0.259

0.438

1438

0.0086

1 if coronary thrombosis

0.019

0.137

1458

0.030

0.171

1431

0.0598

1 if coronary disease

0.029

0.168

1451

0.051

0.221

1422

0.0022

1 if stroke

0.004

0.064

1466

0.004

0.065

1433

0.9685

1 if cardiovascular disease

0.041

0.197

1502

0.061

0.239

1502

0.0125

No. of children

2.594

1.563

1482

2.692

1.533

1490

0.0840

1 if rural

0.382

0.486

1494

0.387

0.487

1487

0.7436

1 if married

0.703

0.457

1479

0.707

0.455

1472

0.8107

1 if cohabiting

0.124

0.330

1479

0.117

0.321

1472

0.5285

1 if single or in a relationship

0.116

0.320

1479

0.094

0.292

1472

0.0524

1 if divorced

0.035

0.184

1479

0.043

0.202

1472

0.2837

1 if widowed

0.022

0.146

1479

0.039

0.195

1472

0.0050

1 if educ1a

0.295

0.456

1498

0.295

0.456

1498

 

1 if educ2a

0.292

0.455

1498

0.292

0.455

1498

 

1 if educ3a

0.182

0.386

1498

0.182

0.386

1498

 

1 if educ4a

0.138

0.345

1498

0.138

0.345

1498

 

1 if educ5a

0.091

0.288

1498

0.091

0.288

1498

 

1 if hypertension medication

0.219

0.414

1440

0.310

0.463

1447

0.0000

1 if cholesterol medication

0.148

0.355

1454

0.224

0.417

1466

0.0000

1 if circulatory disease medication

0.054

0.226

1465

0.068

0.252

1463

0.1033

Body Max Index (BMI)

27.410

4.243

1472

27.506

3.808

1478

0.5194

1 if underweight

0.003

0.052

1472

0.002

0.045

1478

0.7012

1 if optimal weight

0.272

0.445

1472

0.262

0.440

1478

0.5435

1 if overweight

0.519

0.500

1472

0.520

0.500

1478

0.9447

1 if obese

0.207

0.405

1472

0.216

0.412

1478

0.5358

1 if non smoker

0.829

0.377

1468

0.876

0.330

1470

0.0004

1 if daily smoker

0.137

0.344

1468

0.091

0.288

1470

0.0001

1 if weekly smoker

0.016

0.124

1468

0.017

0.129

1470

0.7747

1 if seldom smoker

0.018

0.134

1468

0.016

0.127

1470

0.6683

1 if non drinker

0.114

0.318

1469

0.144

0.351

1475

0.0149

1 if daily drinker

0.028

0.165

1469

0.029

0.168

1475

0.8396

1 if frequent drinker

0.338

0.473

1469

0.296

0.457

1475

0.0142

1 if seldom drinker

0.378

0.485

1469

0.372

0.483

1475

0.6965

1 if rare drinker

0.142

0.349

1469

0.159

0.366

1475

0.1787

Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

7.154

1.757

1446

7.468

1.695

1428

0.0000

1 if unemployed

0.027

0.161

1457

0.037

0.189

1449

0.1079

1 if much better financial statusb

0.017

0.128

1446

0.017

0.128

1440

0.9884

1 if considerably better financial statusb

0.126

0.332

1446

0.120

0.325

1440

0.6397

1 if somewhat better financial statusb

0.214

0.410

1446

0.210

0.408

1440

0.8296

1 if similar financial statusb

0.508

0.500

1446

0.501

0.500

1440

0.6830

1 if somewhat worse financial statusb

0.082

0.275

1446

0.095

0.294

1440

0.2251

1 if considerably worse financial statusb

0.036

0.186

1446

0.042

0.200

1440

0.4277

1 if much worse financial statusb

0.017

0.130

1446

0.014

0.117

1440

0.4612

Real incomec

5.869

3.136

1445

4.558

2.340

1449

0.0000

Work hours

5.815

4.868

1386

4.976

4.844

1327

0.0000

  1. Summary statistics only represent the data and do not display any crisis effect. Means are unweighted. P-values are from t-test for differences in means between 2007 and 2012
  2. aEducation level is represented by dummy variables: educ1 represents primary or lower level secondary education; educ2 stands for vocational master or journeyman certificate; educ3 stands for high school or equivalent; educ4 stands for technical graduate or undergraduate degree; educ5 stands for master’s degree or a Ph.D
  3. bPerceived financial status represents respondents’ own perception of their families’ financial status relative to other families
  4. cReal income is reported at 2012 price level in millions of Icelandic kronas (ISK)