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Table 2 Distribution of variables in people aged under 60 – 2004 round (for multivariate)

From: An analysis of trends and determinants of health insurance and healthcare utilisation in the Russian population between 2000 and 2004: the 'inverse care law' in action

Variable

No (%) of respondents

 

Male

Female

Total (by gender)

3,864 (45.9)

4,549 (54.1)

Education

  

Primary/incomplete 2ry

1,077 (27.9)

854 (18.8)

Complete secondary +/- technical

1,692 (43.9)

1,580 (34.8)

Higher

1,089 (28.2)

2,111 (46.5)

Healthcare insurance

  

Compulsory

3,368 (87.3)

4,203 (92.5)

Supplementary (± compulsory)

125 (3.2)

118 (2.6)

None

363 (9.4)

223 (4.9)

Use of private health care for problem

  

Yes

30 (6.0)

93 (8.8)

No

467 (94.0)

967 (91.2)

Treated by

  

Dr

593 (29.0)

1,302 (34.2)

Self

1,454 (71.0)

2,501 (65.8)

Marital status

  

Married

2,034 (52.7)

2,244 (49.4)

Single (never married)

1,140 (29.6)

1,049 (23.1)

Divorced, not remarried

203 (5.3)

469 (10.3)

Widowed

31 (0.8)

277 (6.1)

Cohabiting (not registered)

450 (11.7)

505 (11.1)

Region of residence

  

Urban

2,217 (59.3)

2,637 (61.1)

Rural

1,004 (26.8)

1,053 (24.4)

Moscow/St. Petersburg

521 (13.9)

626 (14.5)

Employment status

  

Currently working

2,476 (64.1)

2,652 (58.3)

Currently on paid leave

23 (0.6)

181 (4.0)

Currently on unpaid leave

2 (0.1)

14 (0.3)

Not working (other)

707 (18.3)

965 (21.2)

Unemployed (self-report)

469 (12.1)

368 (8.1)

Pensioner, not working

185 (4.8)

367 (8.1)

Self-rated health

  

Very good

104 (2.7)

55 (1.2)

Good

1,671 (43.5)

1,412 (31.2)

Average

1,862 (48.5)

2,694 (59.5)

Poor

179 (4.7)

338 (7.5)

Very poor

24 (0.6)

30 (0.7)

Some of household income comes from market economy (salary or investment)

  

Yes

1,939 (50.2)

2,392 (52.6)

No

1,925 (49.8)

2,157 (47.4)

Total

3,864 (100)

4,549 (100)

Household income per person (income/sqrt no. household members) – Roubles Mean (SD), no of obs

6219.7 (15114.1) 3690

5763.4 (6081.4) 4226