Table 1.
Characteristics of Chinese and White Survey Respondents who Visited General Practitioners or Specialists
| General Practitioner Visits | Specialist Visits | |||||
| Variables | Chinese N (% of 746) | White N (% of 711) | P-Value | Chinese N (% of 485) | White N (% of 637) | P-Value |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–34 | 188 (25.2) | 179 (25.2) | < 0.001 | 100 (20.6) | 145 (22.8) | 0.036 |
| 35–64 | 497 (66.6) | 428 (60.2) | 335 (69.1) | 398 (62.5) | ||
| ≥65 | 61 (8.2) | 104 (14.6) | 50 (10.3) | 94 (14.8) | ||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 355 (47.6) | 251 (35.3) | < 0.001 | 204 (42.1) | 225 (35.3) | 0.021 |
| Female | 391 (52.4) | 460 (64.7) | 281 (57.9) | 412 (64.7) | ||
| Education | ||||||
| Less than senior High | 91 (12.2) | 46 (6.5) | < 0.001 | 68 (14.0) | 39 (6.1) | < 0.001 |
| Senior High | 127 (17.0) | 187 (26.3) | 92 (19.0) | 166 (26.1) | ||
| Technical/Professional College | 147 (19.7) | 232 (32.6) | 103 (21.2) | 204 (32.0) | ||
| University or Higher | 381 (51.1) | 246 (34.6) | 222 (45.8) | 228 (35.8) | ||
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Married/common-law | 585 (78.4) | 426 (59.9) | < 0.001 | 388 (80.0) | 385 (60.4) | < 0.001 |
| Never married | 118 (15.8) | 170 (23.9) | 63 (13.0) | 152 (23.9) | ||
| Divorced or Separated | 43 (5.8) | 115 (16.2) | 34 (7.0) | 100 (15.7) | ||
| Income | ||||||
| ≤30,000 | 204 (27.3) | 86 (12.1) | < 0.001 | 124 (25.6) | 74 (11.6) | < 0.001 |
| 30,001–50,000 | 165 (22.1) | 123 (17.3) | 97 (20.0) | 116 (18.2) | ||
| 50,001–70,000 | 112 (15.0) | 101 (14.2) | 87 (17.9) | 88 (13.8) | ||
| > 70,000 | 181 (24.3) | 282 (39.7) | 124 (25.6) | 260 (40.8) | ||
| Missing | 84 (11.3) | 119 (16.7) | 53 (10.9) | 99 (15.5) | ||
| Language Spoken at Home | ||||||
| English | 80 (10.7) | 688 (96.8) | < 0.001 | 64 (13.2) | 616 (96.7) | < 0.001 |
| Chinese | 540 (72.4) | 0 (0.0) | 335 (69.1) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Both English and Chinese | 123 (16.5) | 0 (0.0) | 84 (17.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Other | 3 (0.4) | 23 (3.2) | 2 (0.4) | 21 (3.3) | ||
| Birthplace | ||||||
| Canada | 66 (8.8) | 607 (85.4) | < 0.001 | 44 (9.1) | 545 (85.6) | < 0.001 |
| Other Countries | 680 (91.2) | 104 (14.6) | 441 (90.9) | 92 (14.4) | ||
| Length of Stay in Canada Among | ||||||
| Those Born Outside of Canada | ||||||
| 1 – 4 years | 269 (39.6) | 7 (6.7) | 143 (32.4) | 4 (4.3) | ||
| 5 – 9 years | 135 (19.9) | 15 (14.4) | 86 (19.5) | 13 (14.1) | ||
| ≥10 years | 276 (40.6) | 82 (78.8) | 212 (48.1) | 75 (81.5) | ||
| Number of Conditions (out of 15) | ||||||
| Zero conditions | 337 (45.2) | 141 (19.8) | < 0.001 | 194 (40.0) | 112 (17.6) | < 0.001 |
| 1 condition | 213 28.6) | 164 (23.1) | 140 (28.9) | 149 (23.4) | ||
| 2 conditions | 117 (15.7) | 142 (20.0) | 82 (16.9) | 125 (19.6) | ||
| 3 conditions | 43 (5.8) | 106 (14.9) | 37 (7.6) | 94 (14.8) | ||
| ≥4 conditions | 36 (4.8) | 158 (22.2) | 32 (6.6) | 157 (24.6) | ||