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Table 3 Crude OR, adjusted OR for use NHS and several socio-demographic variables

From: Determinants of health care utilization by immigrants in Portugal

 

Men

Women

 

OR Crude

OR adjusted

OR Crude

OR Adjusted

 

(IC95%)

(IC95%)

(IC95%)

(IC95%)

Age (years)

1.05

(1.03–1.07)

1.00

(0.98–1.03)

1.02

(1.00–1.04)

1.00

(0.98–1.03)

Length of stay (years)

1.48

(1.36–1.59)

1.43

(1.30–1.58)

1.60

(1.43–1.78)

1.58

(1.38–1.81)

Years of school education

   0–4

1

1

1

1

   5–9

0.70

(0.28–1.76)

0.86

(0.30–2.48)

0.41

(0.12–1.42)

1.01

(0.24–4.24)

   10–12

0.33

(0.14–0.80)

0.58

(0.21–1.64)

0.28

(0.82–0.91)

1.15

(0.28–4.66)

   13 or more

0.35

(0.14–0.90)

0.60

(0.20–1.78)

0.23

(0.07–0.78)

0.93

(0.22–3.91)

Employment Status*

   Not Employed

1

--

1

--

   Employed

0.85

(0.53–1.34)

--

0.96

(0.60–1.52)

--

Economic situation (perceived)

   Very insufficient/Insufficient

1.59

(1.13–2.23)

0.99

(0.65–1.51)

1.84

(1.24–2.74)

1.58

(0.50–1.26)

   Sufficient/More than sufficient

1

1

1

1

Origin Country

   Africa

1

1

1

1

   Eastern Europe

0.21

(0.12–0.38)

0.48

(0.25–0.94)

0.17

(0.07–0.40)

0.25

(0.10–0.67)

   South America

0.23

(0.14–0.36)

0.76

(0.43–1.34)

0.12

(0.06–0.24)

0.33

(0.15–0.73)

Legal status

   Legal

4.05

(2.82–5.79)

1.71

(1.11–2.63)

3.96

(2.51–6.24)

1.38

(0.81–2.36)

   Undocumented or in process of regularization

1

1

1

1

  1. *not included in the model p higher than 0.10.