Table 2.
Logistic Regression Models for Visiting a Family Physician among Jews and Arabs
| Jews, N = 5,645 | Arabs, N = 1,317 | All, N = 6,962 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | OR | 95% CI | p | OR | 95% CI | p | OR | 95% CI | p |
| Jews (0) versus Arabs (1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.56* | 1.35–1.81 | <.0001 |
| Male (1) versus female (2) | 1.20* | 1.06–1.37 | .004 | 0.98 | 0.76–1.25 | .84 | 1.15* | 1.03–1.28 | .015 |
| No chronic diseases (0) versus presence of chronic diseases (1) | 2.20* | 1.92–2.53 | <.0001 | 2.94* | 2.20–3.92 | <.0001 | 2.33* | 2.06–2.64 | <.0001 |
| Age (continuous) | 1.01* | 1.01–1.02 | <.0001 | 1.01* | 1.00–1.02 | .03 | 1.01* | 1.01–1.02 | <.0001 |
| Income** | 0.87* | 0.80–0.99 | .0006 | 0.83 | 0.68–1.03 | .09 | 0.86* | 0.80–0.93 | .0001 |
| Education** | 0.91* | 0.83–0.99 | .03 | 0.94 | 0.77–1.14 | .50 | 0.91* | 0.84–0.99 | .03 |
| Not married (0) versus married (1) | 1.03 | 0.90–1.19 | .67 | 1.09 | 0.80–1.49 | .60 | 1.04 | 0.91–1.18 | .57 |
*
p < .05.
**
Income and education include three categories—1, low; 3, high as described in the Methods section.
OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.