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Table 5 The impact of income on health

From: Inequity under equality: research on the benefits equity of Chinese basic medical insurance

Variable

URBMI

NRCMI

Sick in the last two weeks

Sick in the last half year

SRH

Sick in the last two weeks

Sick in the last half year

SRH

Reference group: Poorest

 2nd

−0.291***

−0.115

−0.0415

−0.106***

0.0125

−0.113***

(0.085)

(0.094)

(0.093)

(0.021)

(0.024)

(0.024)

 3rd

−0.274***

−0.109

−0.307***

− 0.116***

0.00871

− 0.210***

(0.072)

(0.082)

(0.082)

(0.019)

(0.022)

(0.022)

 4th

−0.381***

− 0.0105

− 0.503***

−0.165***

− 0.0765***

−0.340***

(0.069)

(0.078)

(0.080)

(0.024)

(0.023)

(0.024)

 Richest

−0.388***

−0.0291

− 0.515***

−0.167***

− 0.110***

−0.459***

(0.069)

(0.078)

(0.080)

(0.020)

(0.028)

(0.030)

 Control variables

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

 Constant

−0.542***

−2.104***

−2.433***

−1.006***

−2.711***

−2.825***

(0.165)

(0.204)

(0.241)

(0.060)

(0.081)

(0.088)

 Observations

4914

4914

4914

41,346

41,342

41,348

  1. Note:Control variables include respondents’ age, age squared, sex, years of schooling, marital status and family size; ***, **, and * indicate significance levels of 1, 5, and 10%, respectively