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Table 2 Summary statistics

From: Reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health among elderly Europeans

N = 53,931

Mean

SD

Dependent variable

  

SAH

2.95

1.06

Explanatory variables

  

Survey Period

0.49

0.50

Gender

0.56

0.50

Age

64.45

10.35

Age2

42.61

13.83

Marital status

0.76

0.43

Foreign

0.02

0.15

Grandchildren

0.63

0.48

Children

0.89

0.31

Very low income

0.15

0.35

Low income

0.18

0.38

High income

0.10

0.30

Very high income

0.28

0.45

Education1

0.31

0.46

Education2

0.19

0.39

Smoking

0.48

0.50

Drinking

0.33

0.47

Physical activity

0.50

0.50

Physical condition

49.87

9.91

Mental condition

49.93

9.95

Doctor visits 1-3

0.33

0.47

Doctor visits 4-11

0.36

0.48

Doctor visits >11

0.17

0.38

Hospital nights 1-6

0.07

0.25

Hospital nights 7-14

0.03

0.18

Hospital nights >14

0.03

0.16

Austria

0.06

0.23

Germany

0.10

0.30

Sweden

0.10

0.30

Netherlands

0.10

0.30

Spain

0.08

0.27

Italy

0.10

0.30

Denmark

0.08

0.27

Greece

0.11

0.31

Switzerland

0.04

0.20

Belgium

0.13

0.33

Out-of-Pocket Exp.

17.86

9.05

Public Health Exp.

71.98

6.76

Effective Retirement Age

60.89

1.96

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Health Economics Review

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