Table 3 Number of respondents of health services that reported seeking to include particular groups in consumer partnering
Particular social groups health services sought to include in consumer partnering | Total number of services responded yes (%) | Breakdown by type of service | Breakdown by location | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N Private services responded yes (%) | N Public services responded yes (%) | Chi-square test of association | N Metro services responded yes (%) | N Non-Metro service responded yes (%) | Chi-square test of association | ||
People of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds | 50 (45.5) | 18 (34.6) | 32 (55.2) | 4.67p = .031 | 34 (54.0) | 14 (33.3) | 3.94 p = .047 |
Indigenous Australians | 45 (41.3) | 11 (21.6) | 34 (58.6) | 15.37p < .000 | 28 (45.2) | 16 (38.1) | 0.71 p = .392 |
People with mental health or psycho-social issues | 42 (38.9) | 12 (23.5) | 30 (52.6) | 9.59 p = .002 | 25 (41.0) | 14 (33.3) | 0.17 p = .673 |
People with different levels of physical or sensory disabilities | 41 (38.0) | 8 (15.4) | 33 (58.9) | 21.71p < .000 | 23 (37.1) | 17 (41.5) | 0.09 p = .760 |
People with cognitive disabilities unrelated to age | 30 (28.3) | 8 (16.3) | 22 (38.6) | 6.44 p = .011 | 17 (28.3) | 12 (29.3) | 0.01 p = .950 |
People of different sexual orientation, including LGBTI | 28 (25.7) | 12 (23.5) | 16 (27.6) | 0.23 p = .629 | 21 (33.9) | 6 (14.3) | 4.78 p = .029 |
Socially disadvantaged people | 26 (23.6) | 2 (3.8) | 24 (41.4) | 21.39p < .000 | 14 (22.2) | 10 (23.8) | 0.22 p = .640 |