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Table 1 Characteristics before and after propensity score matching

From: A comparison of factors associated with unmet healthcare needs in people with disabilities before and after COVID-19: a nationally representative population-based study

(UNIT: n (%))

Variables

Categories

Before Propensity Score Matching (n = 5,726)

After Propensity Score Matching (n = 3,768)

Before

COVID-19 outbreak

(n = 3,534)

After

COVID-19 outbreak

(n = 2,192)

t

p

Before

COVID-19 outbreak

(n = 1,884)

After

COVID-19 outbreak

(n = 1,884)

t

p

Sex

Male

1,909 (56.3)

1,286 (56.9)

–4.10

< 0.001

1,084 (58.7)

1,105 (56.9)

–0.70

0.482

Female

1,625 (43.7)

906 (43.1)

4.10

< 0.001

800 (41.3)

779 (43.1)

0.70

0.482

Age (years)

19

23 (0.8)

11 (0.2)

–0.22

0.827

6 (0.4)

9 (0.2)

–0.78

0.439

20–39

304 (10.0)

273 (10.2)

–4.19

< 0.001

203 (12.7)

207 (9.2)

–0.21

0.833

40–59

1,071 (32.6)

671 (30.2)

–1.26

0.206

584 (32.4)

603 (31.1)

–0.66

0.511

60–79

1,749 (47.4)

986 (45.9)

3.83

< 0.001

877 (45.0)

864 (46.7)

0.42

0.674

≥ 80

387 (9.3)

251 (13.4)

–0.14

0.886

214 (9.6)

201 (12.8)

0.68

0.499

Residential area

Seoul

319 (14.7)

226 (14.3)

–1.55

0.121

170 (14.3)

191 (14.1)

–1.15

0.250

Metropolitan

669 (23.4)

714 (23.1)

–15.47

< 0.001

511 (32.5)

509 (20.0)

0.07

0.944

Othersa

2,546 (61.9)

1,252 (62.6)

14.61

< 0.001

1,203 (53.2)

1,184 (65.9)

0.63

0.531

Monthly income

(10,000 KRW)

< 100

912 (20.5)

674 (31.3)

–2.01

0.044

555 (24.4)

552 (30.3)

0.11

0.914

100–<200

1,006 (26.7)

632 (26.9)

0.40

0.691

514 (25.3)

561 (27.6)

–1.66

0.096

200–<300

572 (17.0)

362 (17.5)

–1.45

0.148

325 (18.0)

303 (17.3)

0.97

0.330

≥ 300

1,044 (35.9)

524 (24.3)

2.89

0.004

490 (32.3)

468 (24.8)

0.82

0.414

Education

≤Elementary school

1,604 (38.3)

801 (36.3)

6.67

< 0.001

712 (31.3)

715 (37.0)

–0.10

0.918

Middle school

597 (17.7)

398 (19.0)

–0.86

0.391

352 (19.1)

338 (19.0)

0.60

0.547

High school

947 (30.7)

691 (30.9)

–4.24

< 0.001

590 (34.0)

584 (30.6)

0.21

0.833

≥College

386 (13.3)

302 (13.7)

–3.24

0.001

230 (15.7)

247 (13.4)

–0.82

0.413

Degree of disability

Mild (grade 4–6)

2,585 (72.1)

1,146 (70.2)

14.05

< 0.001

1,109 (58.4)

1,110 (74.9)

–0.03

0.973

Severe (grade 1–3)

949 (27.9)

1,046 (29.8)

–14.05

< 0.001

775 (41.6)

774 (25.1)

0.03

0.973

Type of disability

Physical

3,147 (88.6)

1,759 (87.4)

7.70

< 0.001

1,569 (83.0)

1,573 (89.6)

–0.18

0.859

Intellectual

387 (11.4)

433 (12.6)

–7.67

< 0.001

315 (17.0)

311 (10.4)

0.18

0.859

Spouse

Yes

2,001(55.8)

1,065 (52.3)

4.86

< 0.001

962 (50.8)

964 (54.1)

–0.07

0.948

Nob

1,533(44.2)

1,127 (47.7)

–4.86

< 0.001

922 (49.2)

920 (45.9)

0.07

0.948

  1. Note. n = unweighted, %=weighted; COVID = corona virus disease; KRW = Korean won; a Sejong, 8 provinces, and Jeju-do; bNo spouse = Widowed, Divorced, Separated, Never married