Table 1 Descriptive statistics for non-senior households eligible for Fair PharmaCare during 2003
| Â | % ( mean) of non-registrants | % (mean) of registrants | Total % (mean) of the population |
|---|---|---|---|
Predisposing household characteristics | |||
   Household size* |  |  |  |
One person | 60.3 | 52.2 | 55.5 |
Two persons | 16.8 | 22.5 | 20.2 |
Three or four persons | 19.2 | 21.6 | 20.6 |
Five or more persons | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
   Household composition |  |  |  |
At least one adult female* | 58.3 | 74.0 | 67.6 |
At least one child* | 38.1 | 26.3 | 25.8 |
Single-parent* | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
Enabling household characteristics | |||
   Income (mean) | ($34,581) | ($34,149) | ($34,326) |
   Private Insurance* |  |  |  |
Yes | 39.2 | 48.3 | 44.6 |
Household needs | |||
   Prescription drug expenditure (2002)* |  |  |  |
None ($0) | 36.3 | 21.2 | 27.4 |
Low (< $150) | 33.8 | 31.1 | 32.2 |
Medium ($150-500) | 19.1 | 23.7 | 21.8 |
High ($500-1000) | 6.9 | 11.3 | 9.5 |
Catastrophic (> $1000) | 3.9 | 12.7 | 9.1 |
   Total ADGs* |  |  |  |
Zero | 23.2 | 10.5 | 15.7 |
One | 12.4 | 9.2 | 10.5 |
Two | 11.3 | 10.1 | 10.6 |
Three | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.9 |
Four or more | 43.3 | 60.2 | 53.3 |
Local area characteristics | |||
   Recent immigrant concentration* |  |  |  |
High | 6.6 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
   Ethnic concentration |  |  |  |
British Isles* | 78.1 | 74.4 | 75.9 |
Other European* | 71.7 | 68.9 | 70.0 |
North American* | 32.7 | 31.0 | 31.7 |
Chinese* | 12.3 | 15.1 | 14.0 |
South Asian* | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
Other Asian | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
Aboriginal* | 0.95 | 0.64 | 0.77 |
French* | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.16 |
No ethnic concentration | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
   Ethnic composition* |  |  |  |
Homogeneous | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
Households (N) | 535,106 | 771,166 | 1,306,272 |