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Table 1 Control variables, summary statistics

From: Health Status After Cancer: Does It Matter Which Hospital You Belong To?

 

Mean

St.dev

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

  

Age at the date of diagnosis

47.86

8.94

Female

0.59

0.49

SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

  

Education

  

- Lower secondary or less

0.29

0.46

- Upper sec. (11-12 years)

0.30

0.46

- Upper sec. final (13 years)

0.15

0.36

- Upper sec. extension (14 years)

0.03

0.16

- Higher ed.- lower level (14-17 years)

0.18

0.38

- Higher ed.- upper level (18+ years)

0.05

0.21

Marital status

  

- Married

0.67

0.47

- Never married

0.16

0.36

- Widow/widower

0.03

0.17

- Divorced

0.12

0.33

- Separated

0.03

0.16

Labor market status the year prior to diagnosis

  

- Not in labor market

0.23

0.42

- Employee (part time, 4-19 hours per week)

0.09

0.28

- Employee (part time, 20-29 hours per week)

0.10

0.31

- Employee (full time, 30 h+ hours per week)

0.58

0.49

Dummy variables for industry

  

- Agriculture including hunting

0.0034

0.0582

- Forestry

0.0010

0.0317

- Fishing

0.0017

0.0408

- Mining of coal and lignite

0.00002

0.0046

- Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas

0.0082

0.0902

- Mining of metal ores\

0.0007

0.0266

- Other mining and quarrying

0.0013

0.0358

- Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco

0.0214

0.1448

- Manufacture of textiles (including footwear) and textile products including leather

0.0047

0.0680

- Manufacture of wood and wood products

0.0087

0.0927

- Wood processing, graphic production and publishers

0.0173

0.1304

- Manufacture of chemical, oil, coal, plastic and rubber products

0.0110

0.1044

- Manufacture of mineral products

0.0045

0.0666

- Manufacture of metal

0.0084

0.0912

- Manufacture of tools

0.0422

0.2011

- Other manufacturing products

0.0033

0.0573

- Electricity and gas supply

0.0080

0.0890

- Water supply

0.0002

0.0146

- Construction

0.0386

0.1926

- Wholesale and agency business

0.0466

0.2108

- Retail trade

0.0582

0.2342

- Hotels and restaurants

0.0156

0.1240

- Transport, storage and communication

0.0421

0.2009

- Post and telecommunications

0.0195

0.1384

- Financial intermediation

0.0210

0.1433

- Insurance and pension funding (except compulsory social security)

0.0059

0.0768

- Real estate, renting and business activities

0.0396

0.1950

- Public administration and defense

0.0722

0.2589

- Waste management and cleaning

0.0045

0.0669

- Personal service activities

0.0072

0.0848

- Embassy activities (both international and national)

0.00002

0.0046

- Education and training activities

0.0814

0.2735

- Research activities

0.0047

0.0680

- Health and veterinary activities

0.0920

0.2891

- Social work activities

0.0508

0.2197

- Activities of professional organizations

0.0044

0.0663

- Activities of other membership organizations

0.0039

0.0625

- Motion picture, video, radio and television activities

0.0036

0.0600

- Library, archives and museum activities

0.0034

0.0579

- Sporting activities and other recreational and cultural activities

0.0022

0.0465

  1. N = 46,720