Comparison of inequity in health-related quality of life among unemployed and employed individuals in China

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Decomposition of the concentration index in HRQOL among the employed and unemployed

Variables	Employed			Unemployed
Variables	dy/dx	Contribution	%	dy/dx	Contribution	%
Female (Ref: Male)	0.0022	0.0001	1.8436	0.0375*	0.0010	11.0270
30–44 (Ref: 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29)	− 0.0055	− 0.0001	−2.1701	− 0.0210	− 0.0002	−2.7018
> 45	− 0.0219***	0.0004	15.7767	− 0.0361	0.0007	7.6776
Marriage (Ref: Single)	−0.0011	0	−0.1188	− 0.0145	− 0.0001	−0.8602
Widowed and divorced	−0.0072***	0	0.2393	−0.0936*	0.0003	3.3535
Middle school (Ref: Elementary school and below)	0.0146***	−0.0007	−24.7037	0.1092***	−0.0056	−61.1708
Senior high school	0.00171***	0.0004	14.0376	0.1112***	0.0026	28.2023
College degree and above	0.0183***	0.0005	17.8967	0.0685	0.0019	20.8629
Basic health insurance (Ref: No health insurance)	0.0008	−0.0001	−2.4595	0.0202	−0.0011	−12.4034
Commercial insurance and other insurance	0.0020	0.0002	5.5833	0.0169	0.0006	8.9765
Non-daily smoking (Ref: No smoking)	−0.0048	0	0.3741	0.0169	0	−0.5590
Smoking daily	−0.0024	0	0.5066	0.0564**	0.0008	8.6028
Drinking alcohol (Ref: No drinking)	0.0067***	0.0001	3.8739	0.0268	0.0005	5.2067
Lower group (Ref: Lowest group)	0.0029	−0.0002	−7.4199	0.0465**	−0.0040	−44.0800
Medium group	0.0054**	0.0670	3.3306	0.0415*	−0.0006	−0.2416
Higher group	0.0045*	0.0003	12.1718	0.0270	0.0023	25.6588
Highest group	0.0058**	0.0008	30.2274	0.0426*	0.0071	78.7459
CI	0.0028			0.0089

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