Research Article
Health Behaviour and Health Assessment: Evidence from German Microdata
Table 2
Descriptive statistics (
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| | Male | | Female | | Variable | Mean | Std. Dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. |
| Endogenous variables | | | | | Smoker | 0.3192 | 0.4662 | 0.2552 | 0.4360 | Alcohol | 0.2539 | 0.4353 | 0.0740 | 0.2618 | Obesity | 0.1718 | 0.3773 | 0.1672 | 0.3732 | Health | 0.5748 | 0.4944 | 0.5573 | 0.4968 |
| Predisposing variables | | | | | Age 30–44 | 0.3044 | 0.4602 | 0.2921 | 0.4548 | Age 45–59 | 0.2561 | 0.4365 | 0.2611 | 0.4393 | Age 60–74 | 0.2236 | 0.4167 | 0.2059 | 0.4044 | Age >74 | 0.0699 | 0.2551 | 0.0819 | 0.2742 | Partnership | 0.7328 | 0.4425 | 0.6830 | 0.4653 | Children | 0.2796 | 0.4488 | 0.2980 | 0.4574 | Eastern Germany | 0.2851 | 0.4515 | 0.2796 | 0.4489 | Turkey | 0.0346 | 0.1828 | 0.0273 | 0.1629 | Rest of World | 0.0503 | 0.2187 | 0.0513 | 0.2206 |
| Socioeconomic variables | | | | | Rel. poverty | 0.0833 | 0.2763 | 0.1067 | 0.3088 | Tenous prosperity | 0.2101 | 0.4074 | 0.2438 | 0.4294 | Higher income | 0.1007 | 0.3009 | 0.0902 | 0.2864 | Rel. prosperity | 0.1416 | 0.3487 | 0.1135 | 0.3173 | Economic worries | 0.2478 | 0.4318 | 0.2617 | 0.4396 | Retired | 0.1963 | 0.3970 | 0.2065 | 0.4050 | Unemployed | 0.0296 | 0.1693 | 0.0323 | 0.1768 | Working h. 1–21 | 0.0194 | 0.1378 | 0.1155 | 0.3196 | Working h. 22–42 | 0.2897 | 0.4537 | 0.2685 | 0.4432 | Working h. >42 | 0.2916 | 0.4546 | 0.0967 | 0.2956 | O-level | 0.2894 | 0.4536 | 0.3388 | 0.4734 | High school | 0.1087 | 0.3113 | 0.1225 | 0.3279 | University | 0.2140 | 0.4101 | 0.1570 | 0.3638 | Education | 0.0748 | 0.2631 | 0.0849 | 0.2788 | Private health ins. | 0.1498 | 0.3569 | 0.0819 | 0.2742 | Supplemental ins. | 0.1130 | 0.3167 | 0.1377 | 0.3447 | Risk averse | 0.2364 | 0.4250 | 0.3558 | 0.4788 | Risk taker | 0.2962 | 0.4566 | 0.1814 | 0.3854 | Renovation | 0.2773 | 0.4477 | 0.2794 | 0.4488 | Mother O-level | 0.2270 | 0.4189 | 0.2441 | 0.4296 | Father O-level | 0.2556 | 0.4362 | 0.2657 | 0.4417 |
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