Determinants of health disparities between Italian regions

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Description of regional level characteristics for the 20 Italian regions

Regional Characteristics	Mean	Standard deviation	Min	Max	Cronbach's Alpha
*Economic disadvantage* ¹	0.00	0.91	-1.01	1.71	0.90
Poverty rate	0.13	0.08	0.04	0.27
Unemployment rate	0.09	0.07	0.02	0.23
Gini coefficient	0.29	0.03	0.25	0.33
*Material deprivation*
Poor living conditions ¹	0.29	0.05	0.17	0.39	0.85
Dirty streets²	0.30	0.09	0.15	0.49
Difficulty parking²	0.38	0.09	0.28	0.57
Traffic²	0.42	0.10	0.25	0.60
No public lights in streets²	0.30	0.06	0.19	0.39
Streets in poor conditions²	0.43	0.09	0.23	0.57
Small residential unit²	0.12	0.03	0.10	0.18
Residential unit far from family²	0.21	0.05	0.11	0.32
Residential unit in poor conditions²	0.05	0.02	0.03	0.10
Irregular water service²	0.14	0.09	0.02	0.36
Does not drink tap water²	0.34	0.14	0.05	0.65
Air pollution²	0.34	0.12	0.13	0.57
Crime²	0.24	0.11	0.12	0.53
Satisfaction with healthcare ¹	0.29	0.10	0.15	0.50	0.90
Highly satisfied with physicians²	0.35	0.13	0.14	0.56
Highly satisfied with nurses²	0.34	0.13	0.15	0.55
Highly satisfied with room and board²	0.22	0.10	0.12	0.43
Highly satisfied with hygiene²	0.29	0.12	0.11	0.49
Capital intensity in healthcare ³	23.35	4.92	15.05	34.14
Share of private healthcare expenditure	0.38	0.21	0.04	0.77
*Social/psychological factors*
Social isolation (no friends ² )	0.05	0.02	0.03	0.08
*Health behaviors*
Obesity rate	0.10	0.02	0.07	0.13

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