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Table 1 Descriptive statistics by country for population aged 65 or more

From: Social inequality and the risk of living in a nursing home: implications for the COVID-19 pandemic

Sample 1 (S1): income

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In a nursing home

% ≤ median incomea

% ≤ median income

in a nursing home

Total

%

N

  

%

N

 

All countries

3.19

1198

  

76.63

918

37,528

Austria

3.05

94

  

80.85

76

3079

Germany

2.55

77

  

75.32

58

3018

Sweden

3.28

107

  

83.18

89

3266

Netherlands

3.01

57

  

89.47

51

1892

Spain

2.62

124

  

75.00

93

4727

Italy

1.18

46

  

58.70

27

3887

France

3.58

109

  

80.73

88

3042

Denmark

4.30

96

  

88.54

85

2233

Switzerland

3.39

75

  

73.33

55

1909

Belgium

6.51

236

  

64.41

152

3625

Czech Republic

3.33

135

  

83.70

113

4052

Slovenia

1.50

42

  

73.81

31

2798

Sample 2 (S2): education

In a nursing home

% ≤ lower secondary education

% ≤ lower secondary education

in a nursing home

Total

 

%

N

%

N

%

N

 

All countries

3.02

1208

47.37

18,928

61.92

748

39,958

Austria

2.96

94

26.97

858

42.55

40

3181

Germany

2.39

78

15.59

509

32.05

25

3264

Sweden

3.01

110

44.13

1612

60.91

67

3653

Netherlands

2.76

59

54.88

1175

79.66

47

2141

Spain

2.56

124

86.06

4161

91.94

114

4835

Italy

1.14

46

76.93

3095

78.26

36

4023

France

3.42

110

53.06

1706

75.45

83

3215

Denmark

3.94

97

23.73

584

54.64

53

2461

Switzerland

3.60

76

24.99

528

44.74

34

2113

Belgium

6.06

237

46.07

1801

61.60

146

3909

Czech Republic

3.26

135

41.44

1716

57.04

77

4141

Slovenia

1.39

42

39.15

1183

61.90

26

3022

  1. Source: SHARE wave 5 (2013), 6 (2015), and 7 (2017). Own elaboration
  2. The Netherlands is from wave 5 only
  3. aBy construction this variable splits the distribution into two