Table 3.

Survey responses to the question: How confident are you that if you become seriously ill, you will be able to afford the care you need?

	Confidence level (%)						χ2	Mann-Whitney U	Kruskal-Wallis
	Very confident	Confident	Not very confident	Not at all confident	Not sure	Decline to answer
Comparison between region/country							p<0.001*	p<0.001*
UK	33.8	57.2	6.6	0.6	1.9	0.0
USA	26.6	35.0	22.4	13.6	2.1	0.3
Comparison between residence types							p=0.002*		p=0.388
Rural	27.5	47.7	15.4	6.8	2.5	0.1
Suburban	30.7	41.5	17.1	8.7	1.7	0.3
Urban	29.1	41.4	16.6	11.0	1.8	0.1
Comparison within residence types, by region/country
Rural							p<0.001*	p<0.001*
Suburban							p<0.001*	p<0.001*
Urban							p<0.001*	p<0.001*
Comparison within region/country, by residence types
UK							p=0.339		p=0.084
USA							p=0.001*		p=0.001*