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Table 7 Oaxaca Blinder decomposition of SWB mean gap (SWB inequality gap)

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

Variables

Overall

Explained

Unexplained

Interaction

UHC

 

0.020 (0.022)

-0.016 (0.177)

0.003 (0.031)

Age

 

-0.039 (0.038)

-1.210** (0.511)

0.149** (0.064)

Education

 

0.075* (0.039)

0.484 (0.324)

-0.106 (0.072)

Economic status

 

-0.012 (0.012)

0.005 (0.012)

0.006 (0.015)

GDP

 

0.087* (0.046)

-0.133 (0.267)

0.010 (0.221)

Sex ratio

 

-0.002 (0.008)

0.415 (0.321)

-0.019 (0.016)

Marital status

 

-0.002 (0.006)

0.090 (0.079)

0.011 (0.011)

Unemployment

 

0.001 (0.009)

0.122** (0.049)

0.027* (0.016)

Political position

 

0.011 (0.019)

-0.349 (0.334)

-0.023 (0.023)

Effectiveness of the government

 

0.303*** (0.055)

0.206*** (0.075)

-0.234* (0.086)

Overall

 Group 1 (developing)

2.296*** (0.027)

   

 Group 2 (developed)

1.992*** (0.024)

   

 Difference

0.304*** (0.036)

   

 Explained

0.442*** (0.068)

   

 Unexplained

-0.061 (0.160)

   

 Interaction

-0.077 (0.171)

   

 Observation

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  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