Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol use by men living in South African urban informal settlements

Lawana, Nozuko; Booysen, Frederik

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5925-4

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Table 4 Decomposition of CIs of alcohol use by age groups

From: Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol use by men living in South African urban informal settlements

	Males aged 15–34 years				Males aged 35–44 years
	Elasticity	CI	Absolute contribution	% contribution	Elasticity	CI	Absolute contribution	% contribution
Education:
No education	base	base	base	base	base	base	base	base
Primary	− 0.0693	−0.1964	0.0544	− 52.26	−0.0586	− 0.1788	0.0419	− 40.23
Secondary	0.0000	0.0057	−0.0021	2.03	−0.0661	0.0395	−0.0105	10.04
Matric	−0.0292	0.0265	−0.0031	2.97	−0.0392	0.0843	−0.0132	12.71
Tertiary	−0.009	0.2162	−0.0078	7.45	−0.0147	0.1775	−0.0105	10.05
Total				−39.82				−7.44
Marital status:
Married	base	base	base	base	base	base	base	base
Never married	−0.0344	0.0628	−0.0086	8.29	0.0775	−0.0426	− 0.0132	12.67
Widowed/separated	0.0047	0.5094	0.0096	−9.19	0.0138	0.0881	0.0048	−4.65
Total				−0.90				8.02
Race:
African	base	base	base	base	base	base	base	base
Non-African	−0.0059	0.3662	−0.0087	8.34	0.0022	0.4542	0.0041	−3.89
Employment status:
Unemployed	base	base	base	base	base	base	base	base
Employed	0.0381	−0.1108	−0.0169	16.21	0.0031	0.0460	0.0006	−0.55
Wealth status:
Quintile 1	base	base	base	base	base	base	base	base
Quintile 2	0.0113	− 0.4027	− 0.0182	17.50	0.0057	−0.3388	−0.0077	7.41
Quintile 3	0.0204	0.0238	0.0019	−1.87	−0.0226	0.0635	−0.0057	5.52
Quintile 4	−0.0238	0.4340	−0.0414	39.71	0.0013	0.4349	0.0023	−2.21
Quantile 5	− 0.0137	0.8132	−0.0444	42.65	−0.0408	0.8166	−0.1334	128.03
Total				98.00				138.75
Province
Western Cape	base	base	base	base	base	base	base	base
Gauteng	0.0429	−0.026	−0.0045	4.29	0.1068	−0.0389	− 0.0166	15.97
Eastern Cape	0.0204	0.1372	0.0112	−10.78	0.0179	0.1552	0.0111	−10.66
Northern Cape	0.0085	0.4811	0.0164	−15.76	0.0032	0.4399	0.0057	−5.48
Free State	0.0041	−0.1633	− 0.0027	2.56	0.0043	− 0.1092	− 0.0019	1.81
Kwa-Zulu Natal	0.0057	−0.1343	−0.0031	2.95	0.0081	−0.194	−0.0063	6.03
North West	0.0144	0.1032	0.0060	−5.72	0.0052	0.1657	0.0034	−3.28
Mpumalanga	0.0013	0.2541	0.0013	−1.28	−0.0083	0.418	−0.0138	13.24
Limpopo	−0.0022	− 0.5979	0.0052	−4.96	−0.0168	− 0.5512	0.037	−35.51
Total				−28.70				−17.88
Residual				46.86				−17.01

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