Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population (n=860) according to the degree of confidence in the NHS, in %
From: British residents’ views about general practice care in France – a telephone survey
Very confident, somewhat confident | Not very or not at all confident | P value | All study population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n=626 | n=234 | |||
Age: | ||||
- 1st quartile | 55 | 54 | 55 | |
- Median | 63 | 62 | 63 | |
- 3rd quartile | 69 | 68 | 69 | |
Mean age in years (SD) | 60.4 (11.4) | 61.6 (11.2) | 0.10 | 61.2 (11.2) |
Gender: | ||||
- male | 49.2 | 44.0 | 47.8 | |
- female | 50.8 | 56.0 | 0.18 | 52.2 |
Marital status: | ||||
- married or living as married | 80.2 | 85.9 | 81.7 | |
- single (never been married, divorced or separated) | 13.3 | 9.8 | 12.4 | |
- widowed | 6.5 | 4.3 | 0.15 | 5.9 |
Age when you left full-time education: | ||||
- 16 years or less | 32.2 | 34.3 | 32.9 | |
- 17 or 18 years | 23.3 | 27.0 | 24.4 | |
- 19 years or over | 44.5 | 37.7 | 0.20 | 42.7 |
Professional status: | ||||
- employed full time | 17.1 | 16.2 | 16.9 | |
- employed part time | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.2 | |
- retired | 65.3 | 65.0 | 65.2 | |
- not employed | 9.4 | 10.7 | 0.94 | 9.7 |
Residence in France: | ||||
- Paris and suburbs | 8.3 | 7.3 | 8.0 | |
- North-East | 3.2 | 1.3 | 2.7 | |
- North-West | 39.1 | 44.9 | 40.7 | |
- South-West | 34.7 | 36.3 | 35.1 | |
- South-East | 14.7 | 10.2 | 0.16 | 13.5 |
Level of French: | ||||
- excellent | 12.5 | 12.8 | 12.6 | |
- very good | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | |
- good | 23.6 | 21.8 | 23.1 | |
- fair | 30.4 | 27.8 | 29.7 | |
- poor | 19.8 | 23.9 | 0.73 | 20.9 |