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Table 2 Contribution of personal and environmental predictors to socioeconomic inequalities of ADL and IADL

From: Changes of inequality in functional disability of older populations in China from 2008 to 2018: a decomposition analysis

Predictor

2008

2018

Cka

ADL

IADL

Ck

ADL

IADL

Elasticity

Contribution (%)

Elasticity

Contribution (%)

Elasticity

Contribution (%)

Elasticity

Contribution (%)

Sex (Ref. = Male)

 Female

− 0.0071

0.0275

0.51

0.0812

0.42

−0.0091

0.0352

0.46

0.0938

0.32

Age (Ref. = ≤80 years)

 >80

−0.0024

0.1639

1.12

0.5588

1.06

−0.0004

0.2164

0.13

0.5574

0.09

Marital status (Ref. = Others)

 Living with spouse

0.0066

−0.1245

1.77

− 0.2330

0.92

0.0071

− 0.1871

1.71

− 0.2982

0.71

Self-rated economic status (Ref. = Very poor)

 Poor

−0.7800

− 0.0061

−1.26

− 0.0067

− 0.39

− 0.8800

− 0.0031

−2.28

− 0.0023

− 0.44

 Fair

0.0564

−0.0519

3.30

−0.0595

1.05

−0.0879

−0.0791

−4.51

− 0.0545

−0.81

 Rich

0.8592

−0.0091

1.56

−0.0141

0.67

0.7781

−0.0238

2.92

−0.0192

0.61

 Very rich

0.9901

−0.0009

0.01

−0.0013

0.01

0.9735

−0.0028

0.08

−0.0020

0.01

Years of schooling (Ref. = 0)

 1–5

0.0318

−0.0085

0.10

−0.0151

0.05

0.0114

−0.0094

0.02

−0.0136

0.01

  ≥ 6

0.1549

−0.0043

0.17

−0.0096

0.10

0.1271

−0.0046

0.13

−0.0114

0.08

Occupation (Ref. = Others)

 Agriculture

−0.0217

−0.0569

−3.42

− 0.0808

−1.35

− 0.0241

− 0.0280

− 0.96

− 0.0052

−0.05

Regular exercise (Ref. = Yes)

 No

−0.0139

0.0023

0.09

0.3558

3.95

−0.0168

0.2310

6.12

0.6523

4.49

Chronic disease (Ref. = No)

 Yes

−0.0188

0.0350

0.67

0.0387

0.20

0.0088

0.0116

−0.06

0.0163

−0.02

Residency (Ref. = Urban)

 Rural

−0.0171

0.3145

14.28

0.3859

4.87

−0.0149

0.0545

1.08

0.0500

0.26

Community support services (Ref. = 0)

  ≥ 1

0.0312

0.0022

−0.03

− 0.0017

0.01

0.0088

0.0002

0.01

−0.0024

0.01

Social security program enrolment (Ref. = 0)

 1

−0.0321

− 0.0206

− 0.59

− 0.0281

− 0.22

− 0.0451

− 0.0282

−0.59

− 0.0331

−0.18

  ≥ 2

0.1420

−0.0024

0.13

−0.0066

0.10

0.0666

−0.0144

0.47

−0.0198

0.17

Living arrangement (Ref. = With family members)

 Alone

−0.1328

0.0009

0.03

0.0012

0.01

−0.0739

0.0132

0.14

0.0051

0.01

 In an institution

0.0791

−0.0306

0.08

−0.0459

0.03

0.0344

−0.0279

0.03

−0.0371

0.01

Household members (Ref. = 0)

 1–2

−0.0049

−0.0239

− 0.09

−0.0309

− 0.03

−0.0091

− 0.1029

−0.46

− 0.1316

−0.15

  ≥ 3

−0.0568

−0.0205

− 0.70

− 0.0335

− 0.32

− 0.0201

− 0.0438

− 0.23

− 0.0596

−0.08

Access to medical care (Ref. = Yes)

 No

−0.0340

0.0424

2.56

0.0393

0.66

−0.0118

0.1116

1.26

0.0773

0.23

Out-of-pocket payment ratio (%)

−0.0176

0.0076

19.28

0.0048

3.38

−0.0148

0.0081

8.21

0.0056

1.48

Per capita income

0.0019

−0.0001

3.08

−0.0002

1.71

0.0006

−0.0002

3.45

0.0003

−1.35

Skilled health workers per 1000 people

0.0083

−0.1393

7.67

−0.2043

3.13

0.0075

−0.1278

6.26

−0.1338

2.16

Hospital beds per 1000 people

0.0083

−0.0318

1.37

−0.0092

0.11

0.0017

−0.0625

0.59

−0.0482

0.12

  1. a Ck: the concentration index of the predictive variables