Table 4 Detailed Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition of the caste differential in life satisfaction among older adults in India 2017-18
From: Decomposition of caste differential in life satisfaction among older adults in India
Characteristics | Caste decomposition in life satisfaction among older adults | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Explained component (E) | Unexplained component (U) | |||||
Coefficient | 95% CI | Percent | Coefficient | 95% CI | Percent | |
Socio-demographic characteristics | ||||||
 Age group | −0.008*** | (− 0.014, − 0.003) | 0.9 | 0.057 | (− 0.317, 0.432) | −6.1 |
 Gender | 0.002 | (−0.001, 0.005) | − 0.2 | 0.174* | (− 0.021, 0.368) | −18.4 |
 Current marital status | −0.008*** | (− 0.014, − 0.002) | 0.9 | 0.035 | (− 0.197, 0.267) | −3.7 |
 Level of education | − 0.143*** | (− 0.183, − 0.104) | 15.2 | 0.301 | (− 0.091, 0.694) | − 32.0 |
 Working status | − 0.013 | (− 0.033, 0.007) | 1.4 | −0.597*** | (− 0.986, − 0.208) | 63.4 |
 Subjective social status | − 0.367*** | (− 0.405, − 0.329) | 39.0 | −0.027 | (− 0.447, 0.394) | 2.8 |
 Social participation | 0.002 | (−0.004, 0.009) | −0.2 | 0.066** | (0.009, 0.123) | − 7.0 |
 Importance of religion | −0.042*** | (−0.055, − 0.029) | 4.5 | −0.442*** | (− 0.758, − 0.125) | 46.9 |
 Living arrangement satisfaction | − 0.125*** | (− 0.166, − 0.084) | 13.2 | −0.122 | (− 1.009, 0.765) | 13.0 |
 Faces discrimination in life | 0.011* | (−0.002, 0.025) | −1.2 | −0.281 | (− 0.684, 0.122) | 29.8 |
 Received ill-treatment | −0.002 | (−0.007, 0.003) | 0.2 | 0.380 | (−0.438, 1.198) | −40.4 |
Health characteristics | ||||||
 Self-rated health | 0.028*** | (0.016, 0.040) | −3.0 | −0.088 | (−0.672, 0.495) | 9.4 |
 Chronic morbidity status | −0.021 | (−0.047, 0.005) | 2.2 | −0.017 | (− 0.386, 0.352) | 1.8 |
 Major depression | 0.026*** | (0.015, 0.036) | −2.7 | 0.714** | (0.028, 1.399) | −75.8 |
 Physical activity status | −0.004 | (− 0.012, 0.004) | 0.4 | 0.058 | (−0.206, 0.321) | −6.1 |
 Difficulty in ADL | −0.004 | (−0.010, 0.002) | 0.4 | 0.121 | (−0.226, 0.469) | −12.9 |
 Difficulty in IADL | 0.006** | (0.001, 0.012) | −0.7 | −0.260** | (− 0.467, − 0.053) | 27.6 |
 Covered by health insurance | − 0.033*** | (− 0.044, − 0.021) | 3.5 | 0.069 | (−0.222, 0.359) | −7.3 |
Household characteristics | ||||||
 Household MPCE Quintile | −0.023* | (−0.047, 0.002) | 2.4 | −0.144 | (− 0.479, 0.190) | 15.3 |
 Religion of household | −0.040* | (−0.080, 0.000) | 4.2 | −0.370** | (− 0.690, − 0.050) | 39.3 |
 Place of residence | − 0.050*** | (− 0.078, − 0.022) | 5.3 | 0.054 | (−0.052, 0.161) | −5.8 |
 Country region | 0.108*** | (0.077, 0.140) | −11.5 | −0.101 | (−0.411, 0.210) | 10.7 |
 Constant | – | – | – | 0.178 | (−1.407, 1.762) | −18.9 |