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Table 3 Association between the gender gap in three self-reported health measures and determinants, World Health Survey 59 countries (coefficients with p-value of t-test shown)

From: A global assessment of the gender gap in self-reported health with survey data from 59 countries

 

Bivariate

Multivariate

A Domain poor-health score

 Employment gap

.0010 (.090)

.0174 (.012)

 Education gap

.0132 (.100)

a

 Life expectancy gap

−.0066 (0.09)

a

 Depression gap

.0128 (<.001)

.0115 (<.001)

 Arthritis gap

.0115 (.006)

.0084 (.033)

B Overall Self-rated health

 Gender inequality index

.0581 (.020)

a

 High income countries

−.3350 (.027)

a

 Islamic country

.1823 (.098)

a

 Employment gap

.0059 (.007)

.0058 (.008)

 Depression gap

.0310 (.026)

a

 Arthritis gap

.0604 (.001)

.0051 (.008)

C Daily Activity limitations

 Depression gap

.0858 (.003)

a

 Arthritis gap

.1180 (.001)

.0384 (.015)

 Angina gap

.1010 (.001)

a

 Diabetes gap

−.1575 (.013)

a

  1. Bivariate regression column only includes variables with an association significant at the 10 % level; Multi-variate regression model only includes variables remaining significant at the 10 % level in a stepwise regression; (a) means removed from model because p > .10; Model A: r2 = 0.37; model B: r2 = 0.30; model C: : r2 = 0.12