From: Measuring and decomposing inequity in self-reported morbidity and self-assessed health in Thailand
Determinants | Recent illness | Chronic illness | Hospital admission | Health compared to a year ago | Health compared to peers |
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Demographic characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Age-sex |  |  |  |  |  |
Males aged 30–44 | 0.058*** | 0.108*** | 0.012 | 0.135*** | 0.080*** |
Males aged 45–59 | 0.146*** | 0.230*** | 0.019* | 0.270*** | 0.112*** |
Males aged 60+ | 0.302*** | 0.470*** | 0.083*** | 0.503*** | 0.243*** |
Females aged 15–29 | 0.062*** | 0.064** | -0.014 | 0.059** | 0.024 |
Females aged 30–44 | 0.161*** | 0.212*** | 0.001 | 0.179*** | 0.114*** |
Females aged 45–59 | 0.245*** | 0.372*** | 0.026* | 0.325*** | 0.176*** |
Females aged 60+ | 0.403*** | 0.554*** | 0.078*** | 0.559*** | 0.289*** |
   Household type |  |  |  |  |  |
One-person male household | 0.067** | 0.033 | -0.005 | 0.015 | 0.018 |
One-person female household | 0.087*** | 0.017 | -0.002 | 0.007 | 0.006 |
Household with children (no elderly) | -0.012 | 0.009 | -0.008 | -0.001 | -0.005 |
Household with elderly | -0.037** | -0.008 | -0.011* | -0.042*** | -0.028** |
Household with dependents only | -0.020 | -0.009 | -0.017* | -0.039** | -0.024* |
Socioeconomic characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Income |  |  |  |  |  |
Income quintile 1 – lowest 20% | 0.031* | -0.010 | 0.004 | 0.054*** | 0.048*** |
Income quintile 2 – lower 20% | 0.032* | -0.020 | 0.006 | 0.031* | 0.020 |
Income quintile 3 – middle 20% | 0.001 | -0.016 | 0.002 | 0.015 | 0.014 |
Income quintile 4 – higher 20% | 0.018 | -0.020 | -0.001 | 0.018 | 0.007 |
   Education |  |  |  |  |  |
Education: primary level | 0.052*** | 0.069*** | 0.001 | 0.072*** | 0.059*** |
Education: secondary level | 0.015 | 0.017 | -0.007 | 0.000 | 0.013 |
   Work status |  |  |  |  |  |
Work: agriculture and fishery | -0.009 | -0.021* | -0.006 | -0.004 | -0.016* |
Work: elementary occupation | -0.029* | -0.017 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.009 |
Not in workforce: housewife | -0.033* | -0.003 | 0.002 | -0.009 | 0.000 |
Not in workforce: disabled | 0.250*** | 0.451*** | 0.154*** | 0.292*** | 0.532*** |
Not in workforce: others | -0.010 | 0.012 | 0.017** | 0.017 | 0.015 |
Geographic characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Bangkok | 0.016 | 0.019 | -0.027*** | -0.010 | 0.013 |
Rural Central | 0.041* | 0.042** | -0.005 | 0.011 | 0.015 |
Urban North | 0.112*** | 0.078*** | 0.008 | 0.006 | 0.024* |
Rural North | 0.142*** | 0.108*** | 0.011 | 0.006 | 0.041** |
Urban Northeast | 0.004 | 0.031* | 0.007 | 0.029 | 0.048*** |
Rural Northeast | 0.039* | 0.042** | 0.001 | 0.035* | 0.050*** |
Urban South | 0.063** | 0.075*** | -0.003 | 0.058** | 0.046** |
Rural South | 0.079*** | 0.039* | -0.004 | 0.055** | 0.041** |