TABLE 2.
Characteristics of study population aged 16 or older, ontario (2007 and 2008)
| Unattached (no family doctor) | Attached (has family doctor) | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCAS sample | (n=1,260) | (n=15,300) | (n=16,560) | ||||
| Estimated population (weighted sample) | (N=733,566) | (N=9,658,311) | (N=10,391,877) | ||||
| % of estimated population§ | 95% CI | % of estimated population§ | 95% CI | % of estimated population§ | 95% CI | p value† (unattached vs attached) | |
| Total population, aged 16+ | 7.1 | 6.6, 7.5 | 92.9 | 92.5, 93.4 | 100.0 | ||
| Gender1 | |||||||
| Male | 58.7 | 55.4, 62.0 | 48.2 | 47.9, 48.4 | 48.9 | - | p < 0.01 |
| Female | 41.3 | 38.0, 44.6 | 51.8 | 51.6, 52.1 | 51.1 | - | |
| Age1 | |||||||
| 16–24 | 17.2 | 14.2, 20.1 | 14.9 | 14.7, 15.2 | 15.1 | - | p < 0.01 |
| 25–34 | 25.1 | 21.9, 28.2 | 16.1 | 15.9, 16.4 | 16.8 | - | |
| 35–64 | 49.4 | 46.0, 52.8 | 52.1 | 51.9, 52.4 | 51.9 | - | |
| 65+ | 8.4 | 6.8, 9.9 | 16.8 | 16.7, 16.9 | 16.2 | - | |
| Education | |||||||
| Less than high school | 10.9 | 8.8, 12.9 | 13.2 | 12.6, 13.8 | 13.1 | 12.5, 13.6 | |
| High school or some post-secondary | 35.2 | 31.8, 38.6 | 35.6 | 34.7, 36.5 | 35.6 | 34.7, 36.4 | |
| Post-secondary or higher completed | 54.0 | 50.5, 57.5 | 51.2 | 50.3, 52 | 51.4 | 50.5, 52.2 | |
| Employment | |||||||
| Employed | 67.0 | 63.7, 70.3 | 62.1 | 61.3, 62.8 | 62.4 | 61.7, 63.1 | p < 0.01 |
| Unemployed | 6.8 | 5.0, 8.7 | 3.2 | 2.9, 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.1, 3.8 | |
| Student | 11.8 | 9.2, 14.4 | 9.0 | 8.4, 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.6, 9.7 | |
| Retired | 9.7 | 8.1, 11.3 | 20.0 | 19.6, 20.4 | 19.3 | 18.9, 19.6 | |
| Other | 4.7 | 3.4, 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.3, 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.3, 6.1 | |
| Family size | |||||||
| 2 or more children | 10.5 | 8.5, 12.5 | 13.8 | 13.2, 14.4 | 13.6 | 13.0, 14.1 | p<0.05 |
| 1 child | 14.1 | 11.5, 16.7 | 13.4 | 12.7, 14.0 | 13.4 | 12.8, 14.1 | |
| 0 children | 75.4 | 72.3, 78.5 | 72.9 | 72.1, 73.6 | 73.0 | 72.3, 73.8 | |
| Immigrant status | |||||||
| Non-immigrant | 76.8 | 73.7, 79.8 | 73.1 | 72.2, 73.9 | 73.3 | 72.5, 74.2 | p<0.01 |
| Established immigrants (10+ yrs in canada) | 14.7 | 12.2, 17.1 | 21.4 | 20.6, 22.2 | 20.9 | 20.1, 21.7 | |
| Recent immigrants (<10 yrs in canada) | 8.6 | 6.4, 10.8 | 5.6 | 5.1, 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.3, 6.3 | |
| Geography | |||||||
| Urban | 81.3 | 78.7, 84.0 | 79.6 | 78.9, 80.4 | 79.7 | 79.0, 80.5 | |
| Rural | 18.7 | 16.0, 21.3 | 20.4 | 19.6, 21.1 | 20.3 | 19.5, 21.0 | |
| Healthcare system system confidence | |||||||
| Very/somewhat confident | 59.5 | 56.1, 63.0 | 67.3 | 66.4, 68.2 | 66.8 | 65.9, 67.7 | p<0.01 |
| Not very/not confident | 40.5 | 37.0, 43.9 | 32.7 | 31.8, 33.6 | 33.2 | 32.3, 34.1 | |
| Has medical training | |||||||
| Yes | 10.2 | 8.1, 12.2 | 11.3 | 10.7, 11.9 | 11.2 | 10.6, 11.8 | |
| No | 89.8 | 87.8, 91.9 | 88.7 | 88.1, 89.3 | 88.8 | 88.2, 89.4 | |
| Number of chronic diseases2 | |||||||
| None | 66.0 | 62.7, 69.3 | 56.1 | 55.2, 57.0 | 56.8 | 56.0, 57.6 | p<0.01 |
| 1 | 22.7 | 19.7, 25.8 | 24.9 | 24.1, 25.7 | 24.7 | 23.9, 25.5 | |
| 2 or more | 11.3 | 9.4, 13.1 | 19.0 | 18.4, 19.6 | 18.5 | 17.9, 19.0 | |
| Health status | |||||||
| Excellent/Very good | 59.6 | 56.2, 63.1 | 58.7 | 57.7, 59.6 | 58.7 | 57.8, 59.7 | |
| Good | 27.3 | 24.1, 30.5 | 26.7 | 25.8, 27.6 | 26.8 | 25.9, 27.6 | |
| Fair/Poor | 13.0 | 10.8, 15.3 | 14.6 | 13.9, 15.3 | 14.5 | 13.9, 15.2 | |
§
Percentages are based on the weighted number of survey respondents to ensure estimates are representative of the population.
†
Test for significance between unattached and attached groups based on χ2 test.
1PCAS data are post-stratified by age and gender and thus no confidence intervals are available.
2Refers to selected chronic diseases including arthritis, asthma, cancer, chronic respiratory problems, diabetes, heart disease/stroke or high blood pressure.