A prospective analysis of the effect of neighbourhood and individual social capital on changes in self-rated health of people with chronic illness

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of individual variables of chronically ill (n = 1048)

	Mean	S.D.	Percent
Health 2005	0-100	53.9	20.7
Health 2006	0-100	53.4	20.8
Health 2007	0-100	54.5	21.8
Health 2008	0-100	53.0	21.7
Change in health 2006–2008 vs. 2005	−55/60	11.4	14.9
Sex
Male			43.3
Female			56.7
Age in years	16-95	56.9	15.0
Education
Low			56.3
Middle			25.3
High			18.4
Income
Less than 900			11.0
900-1200			21.2
1200-1600			18.9
More than 1600			16.6
Unknown			32.3
Index disease
Cardiovascular disease			10.4
Cancer			2.8
Respiratory disease			42.6
Diabetes			11.9
Musculoskeletal disease			9.5
Neurological disease			5.5
Digestive disease			3.4
Unspecified other disease			13.9
Number of chronic diseases
Number one			71.3
Two			20.3
Three or more			8.4
Severity of disability
None or mild disability			70.3
Moderate disability			22.0
Severe disability			7.7
Marital status
Unmarried			33.6
Married			66.5
Employment status
Unemployed			58.6
Employed			40.0
Unknown			1.4
Individual level social capital	10-50	38.6	7.4

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