Socio-economic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: a population based cross-sectional survey

Table 5 Characteristics of the participants (%) stratified by gender and utilisation of health care services*

	Women				Men
	Total sample n=6929	GP n=5897	Somatic specialist services n=2857	Psychiatric specialist services n=278	Total sample n=6053	GP n=4727	Somatic specialist services n=2194	Psychiatric specialist services n=179
Age	n=6929	n=5897	n=2857	n=278	n=6053	n=4727	n=2194	n=179
30-39	4.3	4.3	4.0	7.9	3.5	3.2	2.7	1.7
40–49	27.6	26.4	26.1	39.9	27.5	23.8	20.8	28.5
50–59	18.6	18.1	19.3	16.9	18.9	18.4	18.5	21.2
60–69	30.4	30.7	30.9	20.5	33.0	34.6	37.0	27.4
70–79	14.3	15.3	14.6	11.2	13.9	16.3	17.5	17.9
80-87	4.8	5.2	5.1	3.6	3.2	3.7	3.5	3.3
Marital status	n=6627	n=5649	n=2745	n=266	n=5932	n=4645	n=2160	n=170
Married/ cohabitant	68.8	68.2	67.1	59.8	82.1	82.4	82.8	74.7
Single	31.2	31.8	32.9	40.2	17.9	17.6	17.2	25.3
Household income	n=6180	n=5248	n=2602	n=245	n=5788	n=4509	n=2118	n=171
Low	16.0	17.0	14.6	22.9	8.1	8.9	7.7	17.5
Low middle	29.0	29.8	30.6	28.6	24.2	26.1	26.5	28.7
High middle	31.9	31.5	32.3	31.0	38.8	38.7	38.7	29.8
High	23.1	21.7	22.5	17.5	28.9	26.3	27.1	24.0
Education	n=6824	n=5807	n=2825	n=275	n=5975	n=4669	n=2178	n=175
Low	31.9	33.1	27.8	28.7	25.0	26.3	23.7	29.7
Middle	31.8	32.3	33.4	26.2	35.5	36.3	35.6	32.0
High	36.3	34.6	38.8	45.1	39.5	37.4	40.7	38.3
Self-rated status of occupation	n=5967	n=5061	n=2486	n=226	n=5498	n=4280	n=2008	n=156
Low	10.0	10.4	9.7	13.7	5.6	5.9	5.7	8.3
Middle	59.1	59.5	58.5	55.3	52.2	52.5	50.1	50.7
High	30.9	30.1	31.8	31.0	42.2	41.6	44.2	41.0
Self-rated health	n=6855	n=5839	n=2834	n=277	n=6009	n=4697	n=2184	n=178
Bad	6.0	6.9	8.4	18.1	4.8	5.8	8.2	14.6
Fair	29.3	31.6	33.9	33.2	28.2	31.6	33.6	43.3
Good	49.4	48.7	45.8	39.7	53.3	51.4	48.9	37.6
Excellent	15.3	12.8	11.9	9.0	13.7	11.2	9.3	4.5

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