Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of gender dyads and age dyads
| Male GP / Male patient | Male GP / Female patient | Female GP / Female patient | Female GP / Male patient | Age concordant | Age discordant younger patients | Age discordant older patients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | 12,589 (20.1%) | 16,824 (26.9%) | 20,855 (33.4%) | 11,341 (18.2%) | 12,635 (20.2%) | 23,392 (37.4%) | 24,562 (39.3%) |
| Age patient – Mean (SD) | 53.4 (17.5) | 50.9 (17.5) | 49.8 (17.2) | 51.2 (17.4) | 50.6 (10.0) | 35.1 (9.9) | 66.6 (10.9) |
| Age GP – Mean (SD) | 51.8 (9.7) | 51.6 (9.7) | 49.2 (9.4) | 49.1 (9.5) | 50.6 (9.6) | 53.7 (8.5) | 47.0 (9.5) |
| 1 chronic condition—% | 50.6 | 49.1 | 49.7 | 51.4 | 51.4 | 29.2 | 69.2 |
| Native patient- % | 86.5 | 86.3 | 88.8 | 90.9 | 88.2 | 87.8 | 88.4 |
| Education | |||||||
| - Primary education | 28.1 | 29.6 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 24.1 | 17.1 | 39.4 |
| - Upper secondary | 40.1 | 38.9 | 35.9 | 40.9 | 38.6 | 42.1 | 35.1 |
| - Post-secondary | 31.9 | 31.6 | 37.5 | 33.2 | 37.3 | 40.8 | 25.5 |
| Income | |||||||
| - Below average | 26.4 | 29.7 | 33.2 | 31.3 | 28.6 | 27.4 | 34.3 |
| - Average | 57.8 | 60.1 | 56.0 | 53.6 | 57.1 | 59.4 | 55.0 |
| - Above average | 15.9 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 10.7 |