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) |