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Table 3 Multilevel model of the association of individual and regional variables with self-perceived health, Spain 2007–2011

From: Long term unemployment, income, poverty, and social public expenditure, and their relationship with self-perceived health in Spain (2007–2011)

SEQUENTIAL ESTIMATION OF MODELS 2007–2011 PANEL

Model 1

PURE PANEL

ORIGINAL DATABASE

Without controlling for chronically ill

Model 2

PURE PANEL

ORIGINAL DATABASE

Model 3

NO CHRONICALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS ALTOGETHER

Model 4

EXCLUDING UNEMPLOYED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANEL

SAMPLE

34,692 OBSERVATIONS

9003 INDIVIDUALS

34,692 OBSERVATIONS

9003 INDIVIDUALS

27,008 OBSERVATIONS

8306 INDIVIDUALS

32,324 OBSERVATIONS

8385 INDIVIDUALS

INDIVIDUAL LEVEL: YEARS 2007–2011

 Chronic illness

23.54 (21.07–26.3) ***

23.24 (20.69–26.12) ***

 Centered age

1.09 (1.09–1.1)***

1.06 (1.06–1.07) ***

1.07 (1.06–1.08) ***

1.06 (1.06–1.07) ***

 Female

1.37 (1.18–1.59) ***

1.42 (1.25–1.62) ***

1.53 (1.3–1.8) ***

1.41 (1.23–1.62) ***

 Education level (primary as reference)

  Secondary education

0.62 (0.53–0.73) ***

0.63 (0.54–0.73) ***

0.70 (0.58–0.84) ***

0.62 (0.53–0.72) ***

  Higher education

0.28 (0.23–0.34) ***

0.31 (0.26–0.37) ***

0.32 (0.26–0.41) ***

0.31 (0.26–0.38) ***

 Activity (employed as reference)

  Student

0.62 (0.44–0.88) ***

0.49 (0.36–0.67) ***

0.34 (0.21–0.54) ***

0.51 (0.37–0.71) ***

  Homemaking

1.46 (1.21–1.76) ***

1.23 (1.03–1.46) ***

0.99 (0.79–1.23) ***

1.28 (1.07–1.54) ***

  Other inactive

4.84 (4.-5.85)***

3.07 (2.57–3.67) ***

1.96 (1.51–2.53) ***

3.13 (2.6–3.78) ***

 Long and Very long Unemployment

  Unemployed between 1 and 11 months

1.08 (0.85–1.38)

0.96 (0.78–1.18)

0.99 (0.76–1.28)

0.99 (0.8–1.24) ***

  Unemployed between 12 and 23 months

1.61 (1.29–2.01) ***

1.41 (1.17–1.7) ***

1.37 (1.08–1.73) ***

1.43 (1.16–1.76) ***

  Unemployed between 24 and 48 months

2.32 (1.79–3.02) ***

1.81 (1.46–2.26) ***

1.72 (1.31–2.26) ***

1.60 (1.19–2.13) ***

 Socioeconomic variables

  Equivalent household income

0.80 (0.74–0.86) ***

0.75 (0.69–0.8) ***

0.76 (0.7–0.83) ***

0.72 (0.67–0.78) ***

  Severe material deprivation

2.10 (1.57–2.8) ***

1.95 (1.46–2.6) ***

1.74 (1.19–2.55) ***

1.97 (1.43–2.72) ***

REGIONAL LEVEL: 17 REGIONS

 Health-care expenditure

1.00 (1.00–1.001)***

0.99 (0.99–1.001)

1.00 (0.99–1.001)

1.00 (0.99–1.001)

 Fundamental public services

0.99 (0.99–0.99)***

0.99 (0.99–0.99)***

0.99 (0.99–0.99)***

0.99 (0.99–0.99)***

  1. p-value < 0.01 = ***; p-value< 0.05 = **; p-value < 0.10 = *. Source: Prepared by the authors based on data from the Survey on Living Conditions. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2014). http://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176807&menu=ultiDatos&idp=1254735976608. Accessed 27 Dec 2016