Table 1 Summary statistics for self-rated health from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions, 1986 to 2013
From: Socioeconomic status and self-rated health of Japanese people, based on age, cohort, and period
Variables | Description | n | Unit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome | ||||
Adjusted | 1 = fair or poor, | 87,926 | % | 13.5 |
self-rated health | 0 = excellent, very good, or good | 565,206 | 86.5 | |
Level-1 variables | ||||
Household equivalence income scale | Reference = Fourth quartile 1 = First quartile 1 = Second/Third quartile | 163,327 163,279 326,526 | % | 25.0 25.0 50.0 |
Agea | Respondent’s age at survey year | 653,132 | Mean (range) SD | 49.59 (20–94) 17.08 |
Sex | 1 = man 0 = women | 309,409 343,723 | % | 47.4 52.6 |
Labor force participation | 1 = participation, 0 = non-participation | 414,025 239,107 | % | 63.4 36.6 |
Marital status | Reference = married 1 = un-married 1 = divorce/bereaved | 469,371 108,446 75,315 | % | 71.9 16.6 11.5 |
Region of residence | Reference = Kanto 1 = Hokkaido 1 = Tohoku 1 = Chubu 1 = Kinki 1 = Chugoku 1 = Shikoku 1 = Kyushu | 158,476 25,901 67,730 131,068 102,158 50,401 27,258 90,140 | % | 24.3 4.0 10.4 20.1 15.6 7.7 4.2 13.8 |
Level-2 variables | ||||
Cohortb | 1895–1899 1900–1904 1905–1909 1910–1914 1915–1919 1920–1924 1925–1929 1930–1934 1935–1939 1940–1944 1945–1949 1950–1954 1955–1959 1960–1964 1965–1969 1970–1974 1975–1979 1980–1984 1985–1990 | 653 2,399 6,057 12,258 18,268 29,049 43,232 51,299 55,744 63,737 71,276 66,421 55,208 52,311 46,792 37,816 21,701 12,068 6,843 | % | 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.9 2.8 4.4 6.6 7.9 8.5 9.8 10.9 10.2 8.5 8.0 7.2 5.8 3.3 1.8 1.0 |
Period | 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 | 85,998 87,817 81,950 74,324 66,768 57,591 52,043 46,245 46,860 53,536 | % | 13.2 13.4 12.5 11.4 10.2 8.8 8.0 7.1 7.2 8.2 |