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Table 3 Prevalence of self-reported poor health across health domains and overall health among adults aged 18+, by wealth and education; pooled analysis of 20 higher-income countries WHS (2002-2004)

From: Socioeconomic inequality in domains of health: results from the World Health Surveys

 

Overall health

Mobility

Self-care

Pain and discomfort

Cognition

Interpersonal activities

Vision

Sleep and Energy

Affect

 

%

SE

%

SE

%

SE

%

SE

%

SE

%

SE

%

SE

%

SE

%

SE

Average

7.2

0.3

4.6

0.2

1.7

0.1

9.7

0.3

5.3

0.2

2.1

0.1

3.7

0.2

7.8

0.3

7.9

0.3

Wealth quintile 1

12.0

0.8

7.9

0.8

3.1

0.4

13.5

0.9

8.0

0.6

3.0

0.4

6.5

0.6

9.4

0.7

10.0

0.7

Wealth quintile 2

9.4

0.6

6.1

0.5

2.2

0.3

11.2

0.7

6.8

0.6

2.7

0.3

5.0

0.5

8.8

0.6

9.0

0.6

Wealth quintile 3

7.5

0.6

4.0

0.3

1.6

0.3

10.4

0.6

5.7

0.5

2.5

0.3

3.1

0.3

9.3

0.6

8.5

0.6

Wealth quintile 4

5.4

0.4

3.4

0.4

1.1

0.2

8.6

0.6

4.2

0.4

1.7

0.3

2.9

0.3

6.3

0.5

7.3

0.5

Wealth quintile 5

3.4

0.4

2.6

0.3

0.9

0.2

5.9

0.5

2.8

0.3

1.2

0.2

1.8

0.2

6.0

0.6

5.5

0.5

No formal education

25.7

1.5

17.2

1.4

6.4

0.9

24.7

1.6

21.5

1.7

7.0

1.1

15.1

1.4

22.2

1.5

22.0

1.6

Less than primary schooling

14.4

1.0

8.1

0.8

3.4

0.5

20.5

1.4

13.1

1.0

5.1

0.7

8.1

0.8

13.8

1.0

14.3

1.1

Primary school completed

9.2

0.7

6.6

0.7

2.8

0.5

13.9

0.8

7.5

0.5

2.8

0.3

5.4

0.6

10.2

0.6

11.2

0.7

Secondary school completed

5.9

0.4

3.5

0.3

0.9

0.1

7.8

0.5

3.3

0.3

1.2

0.1

2.4

0.2

5.3

0.3

6.0

0.3

High school completed

3.4

0.3

2.1

0.2

0.7

0.1

4.8

0.3

2.1

0.2

1.2

0.1

1.4

0.1

5.4

0.4

4.6

0.3