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Table 8 IIH, strong version - Generalized ordered probit (Wave 5)

From: Some microeconometric evidence on the relationship between health and income

Variables

Health commodities

 

1 to 2

2 to 3

3 to 4

4 to 5

Income

1.75e-06 ***

2.34e-06 ***

3.89e-06 ***

3.20e-06 ***

 

(2.69e-07)

(1.97e-07)

(2.38e-07)

(4.42e-07)

Income squared

-1.89e-13 ***

-8.28e-13 ***

-3.75e-12 ***

-5.18e-12 ***

 

(2.82e-14)

(1.18e-13)

(4.72e-13)

(1.60e-12)

Index of inequalities (Theil)

-0.095 **

-0.369 ***

-0.7389 ***

-0.4746 ***

 

(0.041)

(0.031)

(0.035)

(0.048)

Mechanisms:

  

1st: % Health exp. in the GDP

0.059 ***

0.087 ***

0.073 ***

0.082 ***

 

(0.005)

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.006)

2nd: Received help from others

-0.214 ***

-0.193 ***

-0.134 ***

-0.089 ***

 

(0.009)

(0.008)

(0.009)

(0.013)

2nb bis: Given help to others

0.001 ***

0.001 ***

0.001 ***

0.001 ***

 

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

3rd: Life satisfaction

0.195 ***

0.215 ***

0.239 ***

0.238 ***

 

(0.004)

(0.003)

(0.004)

(0.006)

GDP

2.52e-06 ***

1.41e-06 **

-4.87e-07

5.94e-07

 

(8.66e-07)

(6.04e-07)

(6.36e-07)

(8.72e-07)

Age

0.019 *

0.004

0.013

0.019 *

 

(0.01)

(0.008)

(0.009)

(0.012)

Age squared

-0.0003 ***

-0.0002 ***

-0.0003 ***

-0.0003 ***

 

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

Years of education

0.025 ***

0.029 ***

0.028 ***

0.021 ***

 

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.0014)

(0.0018)

Gender =1 if women

0.069 ***

-0.018

-0.003

-0.0004

 

(0.016)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.016)

Marital Status:

  

Married, living with spouse

Reference group

Registered partnership

-0.023

-0.053

0.034

0.014

 

(0.071)

(0.047)

(0.045)

(0.058)

Married, not living with spouse

-0.131 **

0.005

0.091 *

0.122 *

 

(0.065)

(0.051)

(0.054)

(0.072)

Never married

0.033

0.023

0.064 **

0.001

 

(0.034)

(0.025)

(0.027)

(0.036)

Divorced

-0.046 *

0.062 ***

0.166 ***

0.122 ***

 

(0.028)

(0.021)

(0.022)

(0.028)

Widowed

0.053 **

0.069 ***

0.076 ***

0.022

 

(0.023)

(0.018)

(0.022)

(0.031)

Job Situation:

  

Retired

Reference group

Employed

0.344 ***

0.225 ***

0.177 ***

0.176 ***

 

(0.03)

(0.019)

(0.019)

(0.025)

Unemployed

-0.141 ***

-0.097 ***

-0.11 ***

0.012

 

(0.048)

(0.035)

(0.039)

(0.054)

Permanently sick

-1.016 ***

-1.121 ***

-1.098 ***

-0.744 ***

 

(0.034)

(0.034)

(0.056)

(0.084)

Home-maker

-0.074 ***

-0.033

-0.076 ***

-0.044

 

(0.029)

(0.022)

(0.025)

(0.035)

Other

-0.299 ***

-0.114 ***

-0.09 *

0.048

 

(0.043)

(0.038)

(0.048)

(0.067)

  1. ***: 1% significant; **: 5% significant; *: 10% significant
  2. 1 to 2: Poor to Fair; 2 to 3: Fair to Good; 3 to 4: Good to VG; 4 to 5: VG to Excellent