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Table 6 Unconditional quantile regression (SWB inequality)

From: Do public healthcare programs make societies more equal? Cross-country evidence on subjective wellbeing

Percentile

\({{\varvec{R}}{\varvec{I}}{\varvec{F}}}_{5}\)

\({{\varvec{R}}{\varvec{I}}{\varvec{F}}}_{25}\)

\({{\varvec{R}}{\varvec{I}}{\varvec{F}}}_{50}\)

\({{\varvec{R}}{\varvec{I}}{\varvec{F}}}_{75}\)

\({{\varvec{R}}{\varvec{I}}{\varvec{F}}}_{95}\)

Variables

 UHC

-0.148** (0.064)

-0.061 (0.044)

-0.136*** (0.039)

-0.093** (0.047)

0.137* (0.079)

 Age

-0.003 (0.014)

0.009 (0.009)

-0.021** (0.008)

0.009 (0.010)

0.216 (0.017)

 Education

0.524 (0.473)

-0.123 (0.321)

0.021 (0.285)

-0.440 (0.343)

-0.044 (0.581)

 Economic status

-0.008 (0.007)

-0.001 (0.005)

-0.008* (0.004)

0.001 (0.005)

-0.030*** (0.008)

  CZ2

0.90*** (0.174)

0.048 (0.118)

-0.051 (0.105)

-0.003 (0.126)

0.058 (0.214)

  CZ3

0.923*** (0.132)

0.298*** (0.090)

0.026 (0.080)

-0.032 (0.096)

0.073 (0.162)

  CZ4

0.983*** (0.182)

0.464*** (0.124)

0.396*** (0.110)

0.266** (0.132)

0.076 (0.224)

  CZ5

1.00*** (0.235)

0.305* (0.159)

0.562*** (0.141)

0.600*** (0.170)

0.431 (0.288)

  CZ6

0.678*** (0.254)

0.086 (0.172)

0.063 (0.153)

0.118 (0.184)

0.695** (0.311)

  CZ7

1.00*** (0.240)

0.369** (0.162)

0.441*** (0.144)

0.841*** (0.173)

1.364*** (0.294)

  CZ8

0.926*** (0.216)

0.092 (0.146)

0.030 (0.130)

0.029 (0.156)

0.237 (0.265)

  CZ9

0.924*** (0.203)

0.280** (0.137)

0.174 (0.122)

0.121 (0.147)

0.478* (0.249)

  CZ10

1.00*** (0.265)

0.370** (0.180)

0.282* (0.159)

0.588*** (0.192)

1.184*** (0.325)

  GDP

-0.000 (0.000)

-0.000*** (0.000)

-0.000 (0.000)

0.000 (0.000)

0.000 (0.000)

 Sex ratio

0.014 (0.359)

0.415* (0.243)

0.207 (0.216)

0.160 (0.260)

-0.394 (0.441)

 Marital status

0.078 (0.057)

0.038 (0.038)

0.055 (0.034)

-0.034 (0.041)

-0.014 (0.070)

 Unemployment

0.001 (0.006)

0.004 (0.004)

0.007* (0.004)

0.006 (0.005)

0.026*** (0.008)

 Political position

0.015 (0.064)

-0.018 (0.044)

-0.023 (0.039)

0.045 (0.047)

0.109 (0.079)

 Effectiveness of the government

0.018 (0.086)

-0.054 (0.058)

-0.013* (0.051)

0.057 (0.062)

0.117 (0.105)

 Constant

0.757 (0.756)

1.033** (0.512)

3.030*** (0.455)

1.881*** (0.547)

0.697 (0.928)

 R squared

0.24

0.41

0.55

0.33

0.25

 Observations

288

288

288

288

288

  1. Refer to Table 1 for the definition of the variables. Universal health coverage (UHC), gross domestic product (GDP). ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1 significance level at 1%, 5%, and 10%. Robust standard errors are in parentheses. \({RIF}_{5}\) represents the lowest inequality whilst \({RIF}_{95}\) represents the highest inequality