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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Does financial literacy influence preventive health check-up behavior in Japan? a cross-sectional study

Variables

Mean

Std. Dev

Min

Max

Dependent Variable

 Probability of getting health check-up(overall)

0.3175

0.4656

0

1

Main Independent Variables

 Financial literacy

0.6185

0.3314

0

1

 Financial education

0.1694

0.3752

0

1

Other Independent Variables

 Male

0.4882

0.5000

0

1

 Age

52.0263

7.1732

40

64

 University degree

0.2618

0.4397

0

1

 Marriage

0.8664

0.3403

0

1

 Divorce

0.0453

0.2080

0

1

 Household size

3.6141

1.4012

1

10

 Children

0.8741

0.3318

0

1

 Unemployment

0.0236

0.1517

0

1

 Household income

6,888,813

3,896,541

1,000,000

20,000,000

 Log of household income

15.5784

0.6082

13.8155

16.8112

 Household asset

13,500,000

17,200,000

2,500,000

100,000,000

 Log of household asset

15.8645

1.0026

14.7318

18.4207

 Current smoker

0.2337

0.4233

0

1

 Current drinker

0.4864

0.4999

0

1

 Frequent gambler

0.1060

0.3079

0

1

 Myopic view of the future

0.1581

0.3649

0

1

 Current level of happiness

0.6351

0.1817

0

1

 Anxiety about health

0.4235

0.4942

0

1

 Health status

0.0149

0.1214

0

1

 Observations

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