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Table 3 Non-standardised and standardised long-term care use by education and income: Mean probabilities, pooled between Wave 6 (2002) and Wave 10 (2021)

From: Socioeconomic Inequity in Access to Medical and Long-Term Care Among Older People

  

Actual

Need-predicted

Difference

Standardised

Education

Lowest: <6

0.30

0.37

-0.07

0.31

Lower middle: 6–9

0.37

0.39

-0.03

0.35

Middle: 9–12

0.46

0.38

0.08

0.45

Higher middle: 12–15

0.42

0.39

0.03

0.40

Higher: 16+

0.70

0.44

0.26

0.64

Income

(Quintile)

Poorest 20%

0.34

0.37

-0.03

0.34

2nd poorest 20%

0.35

0.38

-0.02

0.35

Middle

0.42

0.38

0.04

0.42

2nd richest 20%

0.49

0.38

0.10

0.48

Richest 20%

0.42

0.37

0.05

0.42

  1. Note: Income refers to couples’ income, which is equivalised by the marital status and residualised by employment status
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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