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Table 2 Summary statistics with household income

From: Health-income inequality: the effects of the Icelandic economic collapse

Variables

Males

Females

2007

2009

2007

2009

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

N

Household income

9.206

5.293

1620

7.568

4.28293

1620

8.150

4.933

1763

6.498

3.851

1763

Equivalized hh income

7.407

4.395

1552

6.151

3.651

1560

6.483

4.054

1707

5.273

3.256

1705

Health

3.123

0.754

1620

3.129

0.766

1620

3.060

0.791

1763

3.039

0.770

1763

Age

42.913

15.652

1620

44.975

15.590

1605

43.005

15.521

1763

44.911

15.482

1748

Single

0.164

0.370

1612

0.140

0.347

1606

0.140

0.347

1758

0.115

0.319

1750

In a relationship

0.072

0.259

1612

0.071

0.257

1606

0.061

0.239

1758

0.068

0.252

1750

Cohabiting

0.205

0.404

1612

0.185

0.388

1606

0.220

0.415

1758

0.202

0.401

1750

Married

0.520

0.500

1612

0.554

0.497

1606

0.485

0.500

1758

0.506

0.500

1750

Divorced

0.031

0.173

1612

0.041

0.197

1606

0.058

0.234

1758

0.067

0.250

1750

Widowed

0.010

0.098

1612

0.010

0.102

1606

0.038

0.191

1758

0.044

0.205

1750

Low education

0.208

0.406

1620

0.208

0.406

1620

0.290

0.454

1763

0.290

0.454

1763

Medium education

0.431

0.495

1620

0.431

0.495

1620

0.285

0.451

1763

0.285

0.451

1763

High education

0.361

0.480

1620

0.361

0.480

1620

0.425

0.495

1763

0.425

0.495

1763

Employee

0.818

0.386

1454

0.810

0.392

1279

0.809

0.394

1551

0.798

0.402

1432

Business owner

0.199

0.399

1362

0.236

0.425

1139

0.082

0.274

1420

0.085

0.278

1181

Student

0.209

0.407

1315

0.216

0.412

1021

0.268

0.443

1425

0.256

0.437

1160

Homemaker

0.041

0.199

1314

0.037

0.188

1009

0.157

0.364

1433

0.157

0.364

1173

Parent leave

0.016

0.126

1309

0.019

0.138

1001

0.051

0.219

1388

0.058

0.234

1141

Temporary ill

0.032

0.175

1313

0.028

0.165

1012

0.050

0.217

1394

0.051

0.220

1146

Retired

0.077

0.267

1406

0.124

0.329

1206

0.084

0.278

1497

0.133

0.340

1348

Unemployed

0.025

0.156

1296

0.080

0.271

1012

0.026

0.159

1375

0.066

0.248

1132

Disabled

0.036

0.187

1320

0.046

0.209

1037

0.072

0.258

1424

0.090

0.286

1186

Underweight

0.002

0.044

1620

0.003

0.050

1620

0.008

0.089

1763

0.009

0.096

1763

Optimal

0.334

0.472

1620

0.298

0.457

1620

0.436

0.496

1763

0.414

0.493

1763

Overweight

0.466

0.499

1620

0.500

0.500

1620

0.309

0.462

1763

0.329

0.470

1763

Obese

0.200

0.400

1620

0.201

0.401

1620

0.248

0.432

1763

0.251

0.433

1763

Non-smoker

0.469

0.499

1556

0.468

0.499

1552

0.476

0.500

1698

0.483

0.500

1702

Daily smoker

0.156

0.363

1556

0.113

0.316

1552

0.156

0.363

1698

0.144

0.351

1702

Weekly smoker

0.014

0.116

1556

0.026

0.160

1552

0.026

0.160

1698

0.024

0.154

1702

Seldom smoker

0.029

0.167

1556

0.030

0.170

1552

0.039

0.193

1698

0.022

0.146

1702

Former smoker

0.332

0.471

1556

0.363

0.481

1552

0.303

0.460

1698

0.328

0.470

1702

5+ alcoholic drinks

18.701

33.683

1588

17.016

33.510

1575

6.750

17.334

1726

6.381

20.469

1697

  1. Income is measured in millions of ISK. Health is measured with a four-level self-assessed health variable ranging from 1 to 4. The variable “5+ alcohol drinks” measures how often in the last twelve months the subject consumed five or more alcoholic drinks.