Inequalities in perceived health in the Russian Federation, 1994–2012

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Age- and gender-standardized self-perceived health status (1 = average and above-average self-perceived health and 0 = bad and very bad self-perceived health)

Income quintile	2012 (N = 18,558)			2006 (N = 12,443)			2000 (N = 9,049)			1994 (N = 8,864)
Income quintile	std. mean*	mean	∆**	std. mean*	mean	∆**	std. mean*	mean	∆**	std. mean*	mean	∆**
Poorest	0.912	0.900	0.012	0.875	0.854	0.021	0.871	0.807	0.064	0.854	0.777	0.077
Second-poorest	0.895	0.871	0.024	0.841	0.810	0.031	0.884	0.812	0.072	0.865	0.774	0.091
Middle	0.890	0.854	0.035	0.880	0.852	0.028	0.935	0.882	0.053	0.896	0.813	0.082
Second-richest	0.892	0.849	0.043	0.895	0.872	0.023	0.921	0.876	0.046	0.920	0.849	0.071
Richest	0.942	0.907	0.035	0.920	0.901	0.019	0.936	0.899	0.037	0.956	0.902	0.054
Total	0.912	0.877	0.035	0.882	0.857	0.025	0.891	0.829	0.062	0.888	0.810	0.079

*std. mean = indirectly standardized mean self-perceived health status
**the difference between the age- and gender-standardized mean self-perceived health status and the mean self-perceived health status

ISSN: 1471-2458