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Table 2 Distribution of the individual level factors (International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2011 (23 countries, N = 37,228))

From: Are health care inequalities unfair? A study on public attitudes in 23 countries

Country/welfare state

Education (lower sec. school or less, %)

Income (lowest tertile, in US$, per month)

Self-rated health (fair/poor, %)

Health insurance coverage (not well covered, %)

Forgone care (yes, %)

Australia

28.7

2354

18.7

19.3

9.2

Great Britain

49.4

1474

25.8

1.6

5.6

Israel

36.5

870

18.3

15.7

8.9

United States

11.4

1500

23.7

12.3

12.1

Liberal

28.7

1481

21.2

13.5

9.6

Belgium

32.9

1656

28.7

5.7

11.5

France

48.2

1820

20.6

12.3

7.8

Germany

11.7

1517

27.2

3.6

4.7

Netherlands

48.1

1540

26.2

4.1

2.8

Switzerland

19.7

4366

10.1

3.5

1.9

Conservative

34.8

1750

23.5

6.9

7.0

Denmark

9.1

3375

21.3

6.8

9.8

Finland

19.2

2800

26.8

20.1

10.1

Norway

28.3

4800

27.1

10.2

4.4

Sweden

42.3

2667

11.0

13.0

3.7

Social-Democratic

23.9

3375

22.4

13.1

6.9

Italy

36.8

1307

39.0

23.8

7.3

Portugal

64.1

617

49.7

27.8

11.0

Spain

53.3

840

23.6

5.3

3.4

South European

51.6

840

32.7

14.0

5.9

Japan

21.0

1800

28.6

10.9

3.8

Korea (South)

23.1

1179

19.8

11.5

6.3

Taiwan

33.4

612

53.5

33.5

1.8

East Asian

27.1

988

32.3

21.2

3.5

Czech Rep.

39.1

784

24.6

17.5

2.4

Poland

20.5

350

37.6

52.4

14.6

Slovak Rep.

45.7

525

26.6

21.0

4.0

Slovenia

39.1

840

30.7

13.5

1.3

East European

36.5

588

29.2

24.9

4.7

Total

33.7

1284

26.0

14.1

6.5