Table 2 Name, table, figure, formula and interpretation of each estimator developed for the longitudinal samples

Longitudinal difference

4

8

(19)

Percentage of population and confidence intervals at 95% whose self-perceived general health increases/improves, decreases/deteriorates or remains the same between a measurement and the previous one

Decrease Increase Rate

No

9

(20)

Percentage of the population and confidence intervals at 95% that worsens their general health (in a given measurement compared to the previous one) and the population that improves it. A positive value means that there are more people whose self-perceived general health has deteriorated than people whose health has improved.

Absolute/Relative gender gap in the absolute difference

4

10

(21)/(22)

Absolute/Relative difference (in percentage points/terms) and confidence intervals at 95% between women and men with better, equal or worse self-perceived health in a measurement compared to the previous one. A positive value indicates that the percentage of the female population with improved, equal or worsened self-perceived general health was greater than the corresponding percentage in the male population. A negative value would indicate that the percentage was smaller in women.