Table 3 Unscheduled asthma care visits: adjusted incidence ratios and 95% confidence intervals, stratified by work status
Working Recipients (n = 757) | Non-working Recipients (n = 1,629) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Adjusted | Adjusted | ||
Characteristic | Category | IR, (95% CI) | IR, (95% CI) |
Explanatory variables | |||
Household composition | Living alone | Ref | Ref |
Living with children | 2.35 (1.11–4.95) | 0.50 (0.20–1.23) | |
Living with adults | 1.90 (1.00–3.59) | 0.74 (0.41–1.35) | |
Nationality | Japanese | Ref | Ref |
Other | 0.90 (0.30–2.70) | 0.87 (0.22–3.51) | |
Covariates | |||
Age | by 10 years | 0.94 (0.71–1.24) | 0.71 (0.59–0.86) |
Sex | Male | Ref | Ref |
Female | 1.34 (0.76–2.36) | 1.90 (1.18–3.06) | |
Disabilities certificate | None | Ref | Ref |
Mental disability | 2.12 (0.99–4.54) | 1.21 (0.68–2.15) | |
Intellectual disability | 0.60 (0.08–4.32) | 1.15 (0.28–4.73) | |
Physical disability | 2.92 (0.98–8.67) | 1.39 (0.60–3.21) | |
Municipality | A | Ref | Ref |
B | 0.49 (0.20–1.19) | 1.28 (0.79–2.10) | |