Stability and variability in income position over time: exploring their role in self-rated health in Swedish survey data

Table 1 Variables and distribution of frequencies

Variables	Men			Women
Variables	Number of cases	Proportion (%) of poor SRH	Absolute disp. mean income 1995 to 2000, in thousands of SEK	Number of cases	Proportion (%) of poor SRH	Absolute disp. mean income 1995 to 2000, in thousands of SEK
Highest achieved school degree
Post-secondary	255	16.5	224	229	17.9	157
Secondary	1,105	22.9	169	1,141	27.2	133
Primary/incomplete	341	33.4	143	306	39.9	109
Disposable income (pooled income 1995 to 2000)
1st quintile (highest)	637	17.8	248	280	17.1	211
2nd quintile	468	25.7	154	399	27.3	151
3rd quintile	321	29.3	125	446	27.6	124
4th quintile	176	31.8	97	375	34.1	98
5th quintile (lowest)	99	26.3	53	176	36.9	50
Time in income position below median
0 (above median during entire observation)	983	19.8	210	550	22.0	180
1 year	140	27.9	170	144	27.1	146
2 years	119	31.1	132	139	22.6	131
3 years	105	25.7	128	120	25.0	119
4 years	83	35.0	116	114	29.8	113
5 years	88	30.7	98	148	38.5	105
6 years	183	30.0	80	461	35.1	85
Income change: more/less than 10 percentiles in income rank position
Stable	711	18.3	206	590	27.6	133
Stable/downward	268	34.3	151	282	33.7	129
Stable/upward	234	25.2	155	273	20.2	132
Inconsistent	488	26.2	142	531	30.1	130
Income change: more/less than 10% of absolute income
Stable	745	24.3	172	737	27.8	124
Stable/downward	78	44.9	150	118	38.1	122
Stable/upward	596	20.6	180	571	22.7	143
Inconsistent	282	24.8	161	250	37.2	132
Slopes (based on disposable income 1995 to 2000)
Strong decrease	69	35.8	180	50	24.0	141
Weak decrease	212	37.3	143	240	34.6	125
Stable income	136	30.1	137	169	39.6	106
Weak increase	785	22.8	155	824	27.7	128
Strong increase	499	17.0	220	393	21.1	153
Total	1,701	24.0	172	1,676	28.2	131