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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and concentration indices of PCS and MCS and each of its dimensions

From: Decomposition of sources of income-related health inequality applied on SF-36 summary scores: a Danish health survey

     

PCS

MCS

 

Mean

SD

C i

t*

Weight

Contr

Contr (%)

Weight

Contr

Contr (%)

Physical Function (PF)

93.24

14.55

0.017

9.56

0.333

0.006

44.4

-0.167

-0.003

-36.6

Role-Physical (RP)

87.47

28.65

0.026

6.84

0.175

0.005

35.4

-0.057

-0.001

-18.9

Bodily Pain (BP)

83.18

24.42

0.019

5.37

0.216

0.004

31.4

-0.061

-0.001

-14.6

General Health Perception (GH)

75.63

15.39

0.015

6.16

0.181

0.003

21.1

-0.011

0.000

-2.0

Vitality Scale (VT)

74.40

20.23

0.019

6.10

0.020

0.000

2.9

0.150

0.003

36.0

Social Function (SF)

95.57

13.74

0.007

4.25

-0.006

0.000

-0.3

0.205

0.001

18.2

Role-Emotional (RE)

91.49

24.09

0.018

5.89

-0.103

-0.002

-14.0

0.214

0.004

48.2

Mental Health (MH)

86.88

15.29

0.013

6.55

-0.205

-0.003

-20.8

0.418

0.005

69.7

PCS

51.80

7.92

0.013

7.10

1.000

0.013

100.0

   

MCS

56.08

8.12

0.008

4.73

   

1.000

0.008

100.0

  1. N = 2767; Contr – Contribution; PCS – Physical component score; MCS – Mental component score; *Heteroskedasticity-robust standard errors obtained to calculate t-statistics.