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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Transition shocks during adulthood and health a few decades later in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe

 

West

V4

South

Baltic

mean

std dev

mean

std dev

mean

std dev

mean

std dev

Health in 2017

 poor health

0.393

0.488

0.452

0.498

0.462

0.499

0.642

0.479

 long-term illness

0.493

0.500

0.615

0.487

0.494

0.500

0.597

0.490

 health limits work

0.213

0.410

0.324

0.468

0.182

0.386

0.318

0.466

 any chronic disease

0.529

0.499

0.593

0.491

0.574

0.495

0.606

0.489

 hypertension

0.393

0.488

0.480

0.500

0.472

0.499

0.474

0.499

 heart problem

0.106

0.307

0.145

0.353

0.103

0.303

0.163

0.370

 diabetes

0.130

0.336

0.161

0.368

0.117

0.321

0.100

0.300

 ulcer

0.028

0.165

0.052

0.222

0.045

0.208

0.088

0.283

 cancer

0.046

0.210

0.044

0.205

0.024

0.153

0.053

0.225

 lung disease

0.058

0.234

0.050

0.217

0.045

0.207

0.056

0.231

 obese

0.199

0.399

0.299

0.458

0.256

0.437

0.308

0.462

 weak grip strength

0.531

0.499

0.517

0.500

0.540

0.498

0.534

0.499

Hardship around transition

(1 = yes; 0 = no hardship ever)

  stressful period

0.137

0.344

0.081

0.272

0.104

0.305

0.123

0.328

  financial difficulties

0.056

0.229

0.062

0.241

0.072

0.259

0.120

0.325

  job ends with gap after

0.085

0.279

0.109

0.312

0.125

0.330

0.148

0.355

Start of hardship conditional on hardship ever

(1 = around transition; 0 = before/after transition)

  stressful period

0.151

0.358

0.130

0.336

0.161

0.368

0.178

0.383

  financial difficulties

0.129

0.336

0.158

0.365

0.155

0.362

0.271

0.445

  job ends with gap after

0.242

0.428

0.355

0.479

0.451

0.498

0.314

0.464

Individual characteristics

 age in 2017

67.396

10.629

65.901

10.069

66.529

10.122

66.624

10.585

 female

0.536

0.499

0.559

0.497

0.555

0.497

0.604

0.489

 education (0 = primary, 2 = secondary, 3 = primary)

0.937

0.685

1.012

0.468

0.940

0.506

1.210

0.553

 childhood health (1 = excellent to 5-poor)

2.192

1.036

2.200

0.981

1.970

0.964

2.616

1.044

 hospitalisation during childhood

0.053

0.224

0.063

0.243

0.034

0.183

0.092

0.289

Industry of last job prior 1987

 agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing

0.078

0.268

0.186

0.389

0.154

0.361

0.242

0.428

 mining and quarrying

0.013

0.114

0.032

0.177

0.041

0.198

0.010

0.099

 manufacturing

0.181

0.385

0.252

0.434

0.305

0.460

0.211

0.408

 electricity, gas and water supply

0.019

0.137

0.022

0.146

0.023

0.150

0.024

0.153

 construction

0.087

0.282

0.077

0.266

0.083

0.276

0.077

0.267

 wholesale and retail trade

0.117

0.321

0.081

0.273

0.067

0.251

0.056

0.230

 hotels and restaurants

0.033

0.180

0.021

0.143

0.020

0.141

0.022

0.147

 transport, storage and communication

0.049

0.216

0.069

0.253

0.080

0.271

0.082

0.274

 financial intermediation

0.031

0.172

0.010

0.097

0.006

0.079

0.008

0.091

 real estate, renting and business activity

0.013

0.114

0.004

0.059

0.001

0.032

0.003

0.057

 public administration and defence

0.093

0.290

0.051

0.220

0.033

0.178

0.033

0.180

 education

0.081

0.272

0.071

0.257

0.050

0.217

0.102

0.303

 health and social work

0.075

0.264

0.053

0.224

0.034

0.182

0.054

0.227

 other community

0.130

0.336

0.072

0.259

0.102

0.303

0.075

0.263

Total number of individuals

 

43,424

 

12,310

 

10,025

 

8739

  1. The number of observations vary across variables due to item non-response and due to sample restrictions for the hardship indicators. The indicator of the industry of last job is missing if no working period is reported