Drivers of differential views of health equity in the U.S.: is the U.S. ready to make progress? Results from the 2018 National Survey of Health Attitudes

Table 3 Average partial effects from regressions of demographics (independent variables) on health equity beliefs (dependent variables)

Health equity beliefs (dependent variable)	1. Making sure that the disadvantaged have an equal opportunity to be healthy	2. It would be unfair if some people had more of an opportunity to be healthy than other people	3. Our society needs to do more to make sure that everyone has ‘an equal’/ ‘a fair and just’ opportunity to be healthy
N, % endorsing highest response category	3200, 44.7%	2236, 31.3%	2920, 40.8%
Class membership (ref = class 3)
class 1	0.24*	0.20*	0.25*
class 2	0.24*	0.14*	0.24*
class 4	−0.22*	−0.23*	−0.30*
Age	0.001*	0.002*	0.002*
Education (ref = high school diploma)
Less than high school	0.0	−0.01	0.04
Some college, associate’s degree	0.06*	0.06*	0.07*
Bachelor’s degree or more	0.11*	0.07*	0.13*
Household size (ref = 2)
Household size 1 person	−0.05*	−0.02	− 0.02
Household size 3 or more	−0.01	− 0.00	− 0.01
Household income (ref = between $75,000 and $124,999)
< $24,999	0.18*	0.12*	0.16*
$25,000 to $49,999	0.06*	0.08*	0.07*
$50,000 to $74,999	0.04*	0.04*	0.04*
> $125,000	− 0.03	− 0.03	− 0.03
Has insurance (ref = none)	0.01	− 0.02	− 0.001
Being male (ref = female)	− 0.14*	− 0.08*	−0.09*
Married (ref = not married)	− 0.05*	−0.02	− 0.02
Unemployed (ref = not unemployed)	0.02	0.05*	0.07*
Race/ethnicity (ref = Non-Hispanic White)
Black	0.17 *	0.16*	0.15*
Hispanic	0.13*	0.08*	0.09*
Asian	−0.12*	−0.05	− 0.004
Other	0.04	0.08*	0.04
Living in rural area (ref = not living in rural area)	−0.07	−0.04*	− 0.09*
Living in large city (ref = not living in large city)	−0.001	0.01	0.03*

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