From: Demand for emergency health service: factors associated with inappropriate use
Variables | N | (%) |
---|---|---|
Age in years (N = 1647) | ||
15 – 19 | 158 | 9.6 |
20 – 34 | 471 | 28.6 |
35 – 49 | 411 | 25.0 |
50 – 64 | 321 | 19.5 |
65 or more | 286 | 17.4 |
Sex (N = 1647) | ||
Male | 789 | 47.9 |
Female | 858 | 52.1 |
Skin color (N = 1646) | ||
White | 1264 | 76.8 |
Non-white | 382 | 23.2 |
Marital status (N = 1647) | ||
Living without a partner | 748 | 45.4 |
Living with a partner | 899 | 54.6 |
Level of education – years of formal education (N = 1643) | ||
0 | 197 | 12.0 |
1–4 | 399 | 24.3 |
5–8 | 660 | 40.2 |
9–11 | 326 | 19.8 |
12 or more | 61 | 3.7 |
Quintiles of an index derived from principal components analyses (N = 1642) | ||
1 (poorest) | 455 | 27.7 |
2 | 246 | 15.0 |
3 | 303 | 18.5 |
4 | 311 | 18.9 |
5 (richest) | 327 | 19.9 |