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J Epidemiol Community Health 57:125-129 doi:10.1136/jech.57.2.125
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Income related inequalities in self assessed health in Britain: 1979–1995

Table 4

Contributions of components of partial concentration index to relative difference between England and Scotland and Wales, 1993/5

England Scotland Wales
Variable Variable Relative difference from England* Contribution of relative difference to relative difference in PCI† Variable Relative difference from England* Contribution of relative difference to relative difference in PCI†
*Relative difference from England in variable x for country j is 100ln(xj/xE), which can be approximated by the percentage difference (xj−xE)/xE. †Contribution of relative difference in x to relative difference from England in PCI is 100ln(xj/xE)/ln(PCIj/PCIE).
Income coefficient 0.00066 0.00075 13.1 201.4% 0.00089 29.55 158.7%
Mean transformed income 49.92 47.64 −4.67 −71.8% 45.57 −9.11 −48.9%
Mean health 0.8431 0.8427 −0.04 0.6% 0.834 −1.14 6.1%
Share of health attributable to transformed income 0.039 0.043 8.47 130.2% 0.049 21.58 115.9%
Gini of transformed income 0.286 0.280 −1.97 −30.2% 0.277 −2.96 −15.9%
Partial concentration index 0.0112 0.0119 6.50 0.0135 18.62

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