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Table 3 Average health assessments decomposed into age classes and ordinal relative health position (SOC_COMP)

From: Peer effects in health valuation: the relation between rating of contemporaries’ health and own health

 

Young (18–35)

Middle (36–55)

Old (56–75)

Better

Same

Worse

All

Better

Same

Worse

All

Better

Same

Worse

All

A: VAS_OWN (S.E.)

0.88 (0.01)

0.84 (0.01)

0.71 (0.02)

0.81 (0.15)

0.84 (0.01)

0.82 (0.01)

0.63 (0.01)

0.75 (0.18)

0.85 (0.01)

0.82 (0.01)

0.65 (0.01)

0.78 (0.16)

B: VAS_OTHER (S.E.)

0.88 (0.02)

0.88 (0.01)

0.89 (0.01)

0.88 (0.14)

0.86 (0.01)

0.87 (0.01)

0.86 (0.01)

0.86 (0.11)

0.84 (0.01)

0.84 (0.01)

0.81 (0.01)

0.83 (0.11)

A – B (95% C.I.)

0.01 (−0.03–0.04)

−0.04 (− 0.06 – − 0.01)

−0.18 (− 0.21 – − 0.15)

−0.07 (− 0.09 – − 0.52)

−0.02 (− 0.04–0.00)

−0.05 (− 0.06 – − 0.03)

−0.23 (− 0.26 – − 0.20)

−0.11 (− 0.12 – − 0.09)

0.01 (− 0.02–0.03)

−0.02 (− 0.03–0.00)

−0.16 (− 0.19 – − 0.13)

−0.05 (− 0.07 – − 0.04)

N

97

202

126

425

135

272

239

646

120

182

127

429

Percentage

23%

48%

30%

100%

21%

42%

37%

100%

28%

42%

30%

100%