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Table 2 Odds ratios for having refrained from purchasing medicine due to financial reasons during the last three months (95% confidence intervals in brackets)

From: Social inequalities in self-reported refraining from health care due to financial reasons in Sweden: health care on equal terms?

Group

OR 1 (95% CI)

OR 2 (95% CI)

OR 3 (95% CI)

Men

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

Women

1.6 (1.4, 1.8)

1.6 (1.4, 1.8)

1.4 (1.2, 1.6)

18-34 years

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

35-49 years

0.9 (0.7, 1.0)

0.8 (0.7, 0.9)

0.8 (0.7, 1.0)

50-64 years

0.4 (0.3, 0.5)

0.3 (0.3, 0.4)

0.4 (0.4, 0.5)

65-84 years

0.3 (0.2, 0.4)

0.2 (0.1, 0.4)

0.3 (0.2, 0.5)

Employed (18-64 yrs)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

Self-employed

0.8 (0.5, 1.1)

0.8 (0.5, 1.1)

1.0 (0.7, 1.5)

Student

1.5 (1.2, 1.9)

1.5 (1.2, 1.9)

1.2 (0.9, 1.5)

Unemployed (18-64 yrs)

4.1 (3.3, 5.2)

3.6 (2.9, 4.5)

2.1 (1.7, 2.6)

On disability pension (18-64 yrs)

6.2 (5.2, 7.4)

3.3 (2.7, 4.0)

2.3 (1.9, 2.8)

Retired

1.4 (0.9, 2.2)

1.2 (0.8, 1.9)

1.2 (0.8, 1.9)

Born in Sweden

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

Born in other Nordic countries

1.3 (1.0, 1.7)

1.3 (1.0, 1.6)

1.2 (0.9, 1.5)

Born outside Nordic countries

1.7 (1.4, 2.1)

1.8 (1.5, 2.2)

1.4 (1.1, 1.7)

Post-secondary education

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

Secondary education

1.8 (1.5, 2.1)

1.8 (1.5, 2.1)

1.3 (1.1, 1.5)

Compulsory education

1.8 (1.5, 2.1)

1.8 (1.5, 2.2)

1.2 (1.0, 1.4)

No longstanding illness

-

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

Longstanding illness

-

3.0 (2.6, 3.4)

2.7 (2.4, 3.1)

Have cash margin

-

 

1 (ref.)

No cash margin

-

 

6.7 (5.9, 7.7)

  1. OR 1: adjusted for gender, age group, employment, country of birth and educational level.
  2. OR 2: adjusted for gender, age group, employment, country of birth, educational level and longstanding illness.
  3. OR 3: adjusted for gender, age group, employment, country of birth, educational level, longstanding illness and cash margin.