Table 1.
Respondents’ perceptions of the frequency of minors presenting alone to private and public primary care clinics, by age
| Clinical setting | 12 year olds |
15 year olds |
17 year olds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |
| Private primary care (n = 76)a | |||
| Often seeks care alone | 1 (1.4) | 8 (11.4) | 33 (47.1)b |
| Sometimes seeks care alone | 7 (9.7) | 32 (45.7) | 33 (47.1) |
| Rarely/never seeks care alone | 64 (88.9) | 30 (42.9) | 4 (5.7) |
| Missing/unknown | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Public primary care (n = 104)a | |||
| Often seeks care alone | 8 (8.2) | 26 (26.8) | 55 (56.7)b |
| Sometimes seeks care alone | 25 (25.5) | 44 (45.4) | 30 (30.9) |
| Rarely/never seeks care alone | 65 (66.3) | 27 (27.8) | 12 (12.4) |
| Missing/unknown | 6 | 7 | 7 |
a
Number of respondents most familiar with specified clinic setting.
b
Significant difference (p < .001) in distribution of frequencies reported across all age groups for clinic setting (i.e., 12 vs. 15; 12 vs. 17; and 15 vs. 17).