Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample
From: Household item ownership and self-rated health: material and psychosocial explanations
| N (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | Poland | |||
| Poor self rated health | Yes | 239 (25%) | Yes | 153 (13%) |
| No | 734 (75%) | No | 985 (87%) | |
| Household items* | 0–4 | 180 (19%) | 0–2 | 324 (28%) |
| 5–7 | 270 (28%) | 3–4 | 385 (34%) | |
| 8–10 | 226 (23%) | 5–7 | 432 (38%) | |
| 11–13 | 205 (21%) | |||
| 14+ | 92 (9%) | |||
| Basic needs (1) | 0–1 | 161 (17%) | 0 | 280 (25%) |
| 2–3 | 378 (39%) | 1 | 384 (34%) | |
| 4–5 | 434 (45%) | 2 | 477 (42%) | |
| Socially oriented needs (2) | 0–2 | 383 (39%) | 0 | 50 (4%) |
| 3–5 | 483 (50%) | 1 | 582 (51%) | |
| 6–7 | 107 (11%) | 2 | 509 (45%) | |
| Luxury (3) | 0–1 | 415 (43%) | 0 | 339 (30%) |
| 2–4 | 512 (53%) | 1 | 405 (36%) | |
| 5–9 | 46 (5%) | 2–3 | 397 (35%) | |
| Sex | Males | 398 (41%) | Males | 490 (43%) |
| Females | 575 (59%) | Females | 651 (57%) | |
| Age | <30 | 193 (20%) | <30 | 381 (33%) |
| -40 | 153 (16%) | -40 | 185 (16%) | |
| -50 | 178 (18%) | -50 | 231 (20%) | |
| -60 | 159 (16%) | -60 | 138 (12%) | |
| 60+ | 290 (30%) | 60+ | 206 (18%) | |
| Education | Primary | 331 (34%) | Primary | 412 (36%) |
| Vocational | 276 (28%) | Vocational | 321 (28%) | |
| Secondary | 255 (26%) | Secondary | 331 (29%) | |
| University | 111 (11%) | University | 77 (7%) | |
| Marital status | Married | 668 (69%) | Married | 793 (70%) |
| Unmarried | 305 (31%) | Unmarried | 348 (30%) | |
| Scale | Mean (standard deviation) | Scale | Mean (standard deviation) | |
| Deprivation | 0 (low) – 10 (high) | 1.85 (2.55) | 0 (low) – 10 (high) | 1.79 (2.45) |
| Control over own life | 0 (low) – 5 (high) | 2.75 (0.79) | 0 (low) – 5 (high) | 2.78 (0.70) |
| Control over own health | 0 (low) – 5 (high) | 3.41 (1.04) | 0 (low) – 5 (high) | 3.40 (0.99) |