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

Birgisdóttir, Kristín Helga; Jónsson, Stefán Hrafn; Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna Laufey

doi:10.1186/s13561-017-0157-3

Table 2 Full panel data sample summary statistics: females 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	52.057	16.190	1736	57.057	16.190	1736
1 if hypertension	0.234	0.423	1690	0.293	0.455	1667	0.0001
1 if coronary thrombosis	0.005	0.073	1688	0.009	0.092	1646	0.2685
1 if coronary disease	0.016	0.126	1674	0.026	0.160	1631	0.0411
1 if stroke	0.002	0.049	1683	0.004	0.060	1645	0.5033
1 if cardiovascular disease	0.019	0.137	1736	0.030	0.171	1736	0.0369
No. of children	2.572	1.550	1727	2.701	1.468	1717	0.0121
1 if rural	0.355	0.479	1704	0.347	0.476	1689	0.6214
1 if married	0.591	0.492	1711	0.584	0.493	1705	0.6647
1 if cohabiting	0.151	0.358	1711	0.129	0.335	1705	0.0669
1 if single or in a relationship	0.120	0.326	1711	0.104	0.305	1705	0.1246
1 if divorced	0.061	0.239	1711	0.070	0.256	1705	0.2573
1 if widowed	0.077	0.267	1711	0.113	0.317	1705	0.0003
1 if educ1^a	0.454	0.498	1730	0.454	0.498	1730
1 if educ2^a	0.034	0.182	1730	0.034	0.182	1730
1 if educ3^a	0.210	0.408	1730	0.210	0.408	1730
1 if educ4^a	0.218	0.413	1730	0.218	0.413	1730
1 if educ5^a	0.083	0.275	1730	0.083	0.275	1730
1 if hypertension medication	0.219	0.414	1672	0.293	0.455	1676	0.0000
1 if cholesterol medication	0.078	0.268	1689	0.134	0.341	1692	0.0000
1 if circulatory disease medication	0.017	0.130	1688	0.030	0.170	1679	0.0157
Body Max Index (BMI)	27.278	5.378	1683	27.448	4.988	1691	0.3419
1 if underweight	0.005	0.073	1683	0.006	0.077	1691	0.8262
1 if optimal weight	0.380	0.485	1683	0.352	0.478	1691	0.1008
1 if overweight	0.358	0.479	1683	0.374	0.484	1691	0.3333
1 if obese	0.257	0.437	1683	0.268	0.443	1691	0.4839
1 if non smoker	0.803	0.398	1676	0.853	0.355	1690	0.0001
1 if daily smoker	0.157	0.364	1676	0.116	0.320	1690	0.0005
1 if weekly smoker	0.015	0.121	1676	0.014	0.116	1690	0.7492
1 if seldom smoker	0.026	0.158	1676	0.018	0.132	1690	0.1155
1 if non drinker	0.155	0.362	1697	0.180	0.384	1692	0.0542
1 if daily drinker	0.015	0.123	1697	0.009	0.097	1692	0.1229
1 if frequent drinker	0.199	0.399	1697	0.180	0.384	1692	0.1598
1 if seldom drinker	0.402	0.491	1697	0.391	0.488	1692	0.4823
1 if rare drinker	0.229	0.420	1697	0.241	0.428	1692	0.4136
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)	7.374	2.009	1668	7.852	1.705	1640	0.0000
1 if unemployed	0.293	0.169	1671	0.033	0.179	1684	0.5134
1 if much better financial status^b	0.010	0.101	1641	0.011	0.102	1618	0.9670
1 if considerably better financial status^b	0.090	0.286	1641	0.092	0.289	1618	0.8032
1 if somewhat better financial status^b	0.190	0.392	1641	0.193	0.395	1618	0.7756
1 if similar financial status^b	0.521	0.500	1641	0.498	0.500	1618	0.1916
1 if somewhat worse financial status^b	0.124	0.329	1641	0.143	0.350	1618	0.1093
1 if considerably worse financial status^b	0.052	0.223	1641	0.047	0.212	1618	0.4755
1 if much worse financial status^b	0.012	0.110	1641	0.015	0.121	1618	0.5131
Real income^c	3.799	2.446	1647	3.389	1.898	1629	0.0000
Work hours	4.514	4.119	1592	4.085	4.127	1569	0.0035

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
^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
^bPerceived financial status represents respondents’ own perception of their families’ financial status relative to other families
^cReal income is reported at 2012 price level in millions of Icelandic kronas (ISK)

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