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Table 1 Descriptive statistics cross-sectional samples

From: Income and wealth as determinants of voluntary private health insurance: empirical evidence in Spain, 2008–2014

Variable

Categories

2008

2011

2014

Sex of the head of family (Female)

49.6%

45.1%

46.4%

Age of the head of family

52.9 (52.2–53.6)

53.9 (53.2;54.7)

54.5 (53.8–55.2)

Percentage of families whose head of family declares bad or very bad health in last 12 months

7.6%

8.7%

8.2%

Number of children (< 14 years) in the family

No children

73.3%

73.1%

73.4%

1 child

15.2%

16.0%

16.0%

2 children

10.0%

9.2%

9.0%

> 2 children

1.5%

1.7%

1.6%

Educational level of the head of family

No studies or primary unfinished

38.8%

39.6%

37.3%

Primary

17.0%

13.2%

13.6%

Secondary

26.5%

27.5%

26.3%

University

17.7%

19.7%

22.8%

Expected future income higher than current income

22.5%

20.2%

21.0%

Equivalent Income (in euros)

18,582 (17,846;19,317)

19,766 (18,923;20,609)

18,398 (17,550;19,246)

Equivalent wealth (in euros)

170,012 (159,715;180,308)

161,904 (151,921;171,886)

158,903 (143,670;174,136)

Estimated voluntary private health insurance prices (annual average expenditure per household in euros)

897.33 (881.96; 912.71)

849.48 (833.90; 865.06)

960.84 (942.97; 978.70)

Health Insurance

The family has health insurance

13.2%

14.5%

14.3%

  1. For continuous variables, the table reports mean and linearized standard error. For categorical variables, % in each category. Calculations made with sampling weights