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IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 1 Sum stats of time devoted to time-use categories, by self-reported health status, males

From: Health inequality and the uses of time for workers in Europe: policy implications

  

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Males

 

Sleep

Personal care

Market work

Non-market work

Leisure

France (N = 3,922)

Poor health

9.294

2.489

5.154

1.683

5.380

 

Fair health

8.573

2.429

6.210

1.658

5.131

 

Good health

8.359

2.279

6.492

1.670

5.199

 

Very good health

8.304

2.212

6.613

1.594

5.277

 

Diff very good health-poor health

−0.990

−0.277

1.459

−0.089

−0.103

 

P value difference

(<0.01)

(0.05)

(0.01)

(0.70)

(0.81)

Germany (N = 8,920)

Poor health

7.955

2.492

5.338

2.380

5.833

 

Fair health

7.905

2.537

5.791

2.679

5.085

 

Good health

7.845

2.483

6.098

2.463

5.106

 

Very good health

7.760

2.479

6.382

2.304

5.069

 

Diff very good health-poor health

−0.194

−0.013

1.044

−0.076

−0.764

 

P value difference

(0.12)

(0.88)

(<0.01)

(0.65)

(<0.01)

Italy (N = 12,100)

Poor health

8.563

3.008

4.930

1.827

5.660

 

Fair health

7.966

2.737

6.939

1.561

4.790

 

Good health

7.945

2.737

7.072

1.461

4.781

 

Very good health

7.876

2.700

6.950

1.275

5.193

 

Diff very good health-poor health

−0.688

−0.308

2.020

−0.552

−0.467

 

P value difference

(<0.01)

(<0.01)

(<0.01)

(<0.01)

(0.09)

The Netherlands (N = 6,305)

Poor health

8.932

1.490

1.106

5.063

7.409

 

Fair health

8.323

2.034

5.181

2.607

5.854

 

Good health

8.036

1.865

6.697

2.190

5.213

 

Very good health

7.960

1.783

6.797

2.057

5.402

 

Diff very good health-poor health

−0.972

0.294

5.691

−3.006

−2.007

 

P value difference

(0.01)

(0.20)

(<0.01)

(<0.01)

(0.01)

Spain (N = 11,467)

Poor health

8.825

2.655

5.551

1.884

5.085

 

Fair health

8.338

2.502

6.765

1.640

4.755

 

Good health

8.237

2.420

7.063

1.604

4.676

 

Very good health

8.136

2.445

7.179

1.500

4.739

 

Diff very good health-poor health

−0.688

−0.209

1.628

−0.384

−0.347

 

P value difference

(<0.01)

(<0.01)

(<0.01)

(<0.01)

(0.07)

UK (N = 5,329)

Poor health

8.231

1.639

4.685

2.811

6.616

 

Fair health

8.029

1.575

6.103

2.343

5.906

 

Good health

8.020

1.637

6.501

2.297

5.484

 

Very good health

8.075

1.600

6.661

2.277

5.331

 

Diff very good health-poor health

−0.156

−0.039

1.976

−0.534

−1.285

 

P value difference

(0.47)

(0.71)

(<0.01)

(0.07)

(<0.01)

  1. Notes: Standard deviations in parenthesis. The sample is restricted to include part- and full-time male workers between the ages of 21 and 65 (inclusive) included in the Multinational Time Use Study (MTUS) from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK. Time-use activities are measured in hours per day; see Additional file 1: Table S2 for definitions of time-use categories. Diff very good health-poor health indicates the difference in the time devoted to the reference time-use activity between individuals reporting ‘very good health’ and individuals reporting ‘poor health’; P value of such difference in parentheses
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