Table 1. PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS BY REPORTED HEALTH CARE AVOIDANCE (N=7076).
| Avoidance of Care |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n=2199) |
No (n=4877) |
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| Characteristics | n | Weighted % | n | Weighted % | p values |
| Sex | =.01 | ||||
| Men | 923 | 52.5% | 1833 | 46.2% | |
| Women | 1276 | 47.5% | 3044 | 53.8% | |
| Age (years) | <.001 | ||||
| 18–34 | 406 | 35.0% | 636 | 29.0% | |
| 35–49 | 633 | 33.1% | 1080 | 27.5% | |
| 50–64 | 743 | 22.4% | 1570 | 24.4% | |
| 65 + | 406 | 9.5% | 1560 | 19.1% | |
| Marital status | =.01 | ||||
| Married/living as married | 1546 | 63.4% | 3532 | 67.7% | |
| Divorced/widowed/separated | 247 | 6.9% | 694 | 8.7% | |
| Single, never married | 400 | 29.7% | 633 | 23.6% | |
| Race | =.08 | ||||
| Hispanic | 223 | 15.3% | 369 | 11.2% | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 1588 | 67.9% | 3723 | 71.2% | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 204 | 10.9% | 431 | 11.1% | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 60 | 3.7% | 131 | 4.9% | |
| Other | 81 | 2.2% | 129 | 1.7% | |
| Education | <.001 | ||||
| Lower than high school | 261 | 15.8% | 360 | 11.8% | |
| High school | 583 | 28.5% | 1143 | 25.1% | |
| Higher than high school | 1356 | 55.8% | 3363 | 63.1% | |
| Household Income ($) | <.001 | ||||
| <20,000 | 402 | 22.1% | 657 | 17.0% | |
| 20,000–49,999 | 632 | 32.9% | 1233 | 29.2% | |
| 50,000–74,999 | 371 | 18.3% | 818 | 20.2% | |
| ≥75,000 | 555 | 26.7% | 1464 | 33.6% | |
| Health insurance | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 1777 | 75.9% | 4436 | 87.5% | |
| No | 390 | 24.1% | 381 | 12.5% | |
| Usual source of care | <.01 | ||||
| Yes | 1507 | 60.0% | 4047 | 75.2% | |
| No | 670 | 40.0% | 808 | 24.8% | |
| Health status | <.01 | ||||
| Poor-fair | 452 | 20.1% | 670 | 14.2% | |
| Good-excellent | 1743 | 79.9% | 4196 | 85.8% | |
| Serious psychological distress | <.01 | ||||
| No | 1988 | 88.3% | 4674 | 94.4% | |
| Yes | 211 | 11.7% | 203 | 5.6% | |