Table 1 Frequency and percentage distributions of hospital service use by sex, according to explanatory variable categories
Explanatory variables (missing dataa) | Use of hospital services | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | Total | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Total sample | 585 | 22.6 | 599 | 22.3 | 1184 | 22.4 | |
Self-rated health (18) | Good | 372 | 18.4 | 317 | 17.0 | 689 | 17.7 |
Poor | 211 | 37.5 | 279 | 34.7 | 490 | 35.9 | |
Age (9) | 21-44 | 191 | 14.0 | 200 | 15.4 | 391 | 14.7 |
45-64 | 175 | 22.5 | 161 | 20.7 | 336 | 21.6 | |
65-84 | 207 | 48.8 | 203 | 38.2 | 410 | 43.0 | |
85+ | 12 | 46.2 | 33 | 46.5 | 45 | 46.4 | |
Employment status (168) | Working | 274 | 15.6 | 173 | 16.3 | 447 | 15.8 |
Not working | 286 | 37.9 | 386 | 25.3 | 672 | 29.5 | |
Educational level (75) | Primary or lower | 419 | 26.6 | 444 | 26.0 | 863 | 26.3 |
Higher than primary | 158 | 16.1 | 149 | 15.8 | 307 | 16.0 | |
Income level (505) | Medium-high | 324 | 20.1 | 307 | 19.7 | 631 | 19.9 |
Low | 216 | 29.2 | 235 | 27.4 | 451 | 28.2 | |
Country of birth (284) | Spain | 523 | 23.7 | 510 | 22.4 | 1033 | 23.0 |
Other | 36 | 14.5 | 43 | 17.1 | 79 | 15.8 | |
Chronic disease (4) | Yes | 391 | 28.6 | 480 | 26.8 | 871 | 27.6 |
No | 195 | 15.8 | 118 | 13.3 | 313 | 14.8 | |
Disability (7) | Yes | 86 | 38.7 | 111 | 41.9 | 197 | 40.5 |
No | 498 | 21.0 | 487 | 20.2 | 985 | 20.6 | |
Previous use of hospital services (11) | Yes | 303 | 26.7 | 366 | 25.9 | 669 | 26.3 |
No | 282 | 19.3 | 232 | 18.3 | 514 | 18.9 | |