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Table 6 Proportion of people in moderate to bad perceived health, by background characteristics

From: Methodological basics and evolution of the Belgian health interview survey 1997–2008

 

Analysis not taking into account the design effects

Analysis taking into account the design effect

Absolute difference between the two estimates (in%)

Increase in standard error when taking into account the design effect (in%)

 

Estimate

Standard error

Estimate

Standard error

  

Gender

 

Men

23.31

0.71

20.53

0.93

-2.78

30.99%

 

Women

29.07

0.71

25.73

0.94

-3.34

32.39%

Age group

 

15-24

8.82

0.94

6.52

1.06

-2.30

12.77%

 

25-34

13.05

1.01

11.02

1.14

-2.03

12.87%

 

35-44

16.77

1.05

15.95

1.45

-0.82

38.10%

 

45-54

26.25

1.27

26.68

1.79

0.43

40.94%

 

55-64

30.28

1.36

28.68

1.78

-1.60

30.88%

 

65-75

39.24

1.80

39.45

2.52

0.21

40.00%

 

75+

48.99

1.39

48.19

2.22

-0.80

59.71%

Educational attainment

 

No diploma/only primary

46.76

1.60

42.59

2.45

-4.17

53.13%

 

Lower secondary

37.68

1.38

35.09

2.07

-2.59

50.00%

 

Higher secondary

25.17

0.89

22.12

1.15

-3.05

29.21%

 

Higher

15.65

0.67

14.30

0.99

-1.35

47.76%

Region

 

Flemish Region

24.15

0.78

21.41

1.00

-2.74

28.21%

 

Brussels-Capital Region

26.69

1.00

25.74

1.17

-0.95

17.00%

 

Walloon Region

28.77

0.87

26.33

1.11

-2.44

27.59%

Total

 

26.42

0.50

23.25

0.71

-3.17

42.00%

  1. Impact of the design effects, BHIS; 2008.