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Table 1 Distribution of the dependent and independent variables

From: Association between forgone care and household income among the elderly in five Western European countries – analyses based on survey data from the SHARE-study

 

France

Germany

Greece

Italy

Sweden

Sample Size

3,052

2,941

2,680

2,508

2,997

Response Rate (%)

81.0

63.4

63,1

54.5

46.9

Forgone Care

     

- reason 1a or 2b (n, %)

238 (7.80)

184 (6.26)

264 (9.85)

181 (7.22)

172 (5.74)

- reason 1a (n, %)

194 (6.36)

163 (5.54)

172 (6.42)

127 (5.06)

84 (2.80)

- proportionc

0.82

0.89

0.65

0.70

0.49

Sex (%)

     

- men

44.89

46.58

46.31

44.90

46.95

Age (%)

     

- 50 – 58

36.70

31.38

36.38

29.82

31.56

- 59 – 67

24.71

34.21

25.93

34.73

31.87

- 68 – 104

38.60

34.41

37.69

35.45

36.57

Self assessed health (%) d

     

- good

61.80

55.48

63.09

49.56

64.14

- fair

28.57

31.93

28.84

37.76

26.00

- poor

9.63

12.59

8.07

12.68

9.86

Chronic disease (%)e

     

- yes

56.35

47.28

49.22

56.28

48.21

Income (Euro) c

     

- 1st (low) f

11,753

12,311

5,647

7,283

19,657

- 2nd

18,808

20,695

8,425

12,255

29,054

- 3rd

29,750

32,301

12,600

18,324

39,093

- 4th

54,304

53,859

21,554

31,707

57,627

- 5th (high)

>54,304

>53,859

>21,554

>31,707

>57,627

- 4th/1st

4.62

4.37

3.82

4.35

2.93

- Mean

39,657

37,216

13,985

22,044

41,517

- Median

23,704

25,942

10,021

15,267

33,686

  1. a) forgone care because of costs
  2. b) forgone care because care is unavailable
  3. c) (percentage of reason 1)/(percentage of reason 1 or 2)
  4. d) good: very good or good; bad: bad or very bad
  5. e) at least one disease among a list of 12 doctor diagnosed diseases (see methods)
  6. f) adjusted gross household income per year (quintiles 1 to 4: upper limits)