Table 2.
Patient socio-economic characteristics
|
Characteristics |
HbA1c ≤ 8.0% |
HbA1c > 8% |
Total |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
(n = 513) |
(n = 175) |
(n = 688) |
|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
|
Occupation |
|
|
|
|
| Retired |
198 (38.6) |
42 (24.0) |
240 (34.9) |
0.001 |
| Employed |
160 (31.2) |
78 (44.6) |
238 (34.6) |
|
| Unemployed |
17 (3.3) |
9 (5.1) |
26 (3.8) |
|
| Housewife |
123 (24.0) |
44 (25.1) |
167 (24.3) |
|
| Others |
15 (2.9) |
2 (1.1) |
17 (2.5) |
|
|
Housing type |
|
|
|
|
| Public housing 1–2 rooms |
46 (9.1) |
43 (7.4) |
59 (8.7) |
<0.001 |
| Public housing 3 rooms |
94 (18.5) |
62 (35.4) |
156 (22.9) |
|
| Public housing 4 rooms |
176 (34.7) |
53 (30.3) |
229 (33.6) |
|
| Public housing 5 rooms or EC |
152 (30.0) |
30 (17.1) |
182 (26.7) |
|
| Private condominium / Landed property |
39 (7.7) |
17 (9.7) |
56 (8.2) |
|
|
Household income |
|
|
|
|
| SGD < $1000 |
115 (22.8) |
34 (19.7) |
149 (22.0) |
0.333 |
| SGD $1000-$1999 |
72 (14.3) |
32 (18.5) |
104 (15.3) |
|
| SGD $2000-$3999 |
82 (16.2) |
35 (20.2) |
117 (17.3) |
|
| SGD $4000-$5999 |
35 (6.9) |
15 (8.7) |
50 (7.4) |
|
| SGD ≥ $6000 |
39 (7.7) |
9 (5.2) |
48 (7.1) |
|
| Refuse to disclose/Unknown |
162 (32.1) |
48 (27.8) |
210 (31.0) |
|
|
Highest education |
|
|
|
|
| No formal education |
156 (30.7) |
50 (28.7) |
206 (30.2) |
0.792 |
| Primary (PSLE) |
142 (27.9) |
53 (30.5) |
195 (28.6) |
|
| Secondary (O/N level) |
130 (25.5) |
43 (24.7) |
173 (25.3) |
|
| Post-secondary (A level) |
25 (4.9) |
5 (2.9) |
30 (4.4) |
|
| Post-secondary (ITE/NTC) |
9 (1.8) |
3 (1.7) |
12 (1.8) |
|
| Tertiary (Diploma/Degree) | 47 (9.2) | 20 (11.5) | 67 (9.8) |
P-value from Chi-square test; deviation from the grand total is due to missing data.