Table 3.
Knowledge about GPs among different groups
| Demographics | No | Yes | Crude OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
| n=284 (50.27%) | n=281 (49.73%) | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 136 (44.30) | 171 (55.70) | – | – |
| Female | 148 (57.36) | 110 (42.64) | 1.69 (1.21 to 2.36)*** | 1.57 (1.43 to 2.71)*** |
| Age | ||||
| ≤25 | 35 (42.17) | 48 (57.83) | – | – |
| 26–45 | 86 (45.99) | 101 (54.01) | 1.17 (0.47 to 2.03) | 1.02 (0.53 to 2.16) |
| 46–65 | 105 (53.57) | 91 (46.43) | 1.58 (0.97 to 3.01) | 1.61 (1.39 to 2.98)* |
| >65 | 58 (58.59) | 41 (41.41) | 1.94 (1.73 to 4.15)* | 2.01 (1.62 to 3.59)* |
| Education level | ||||
| ≤Junior high school | 218 (54.91) | 179 (45.09) | – | – |
| Bachelor’s degree | 41 (40.20) | 61 (59.80) | 0.55 (0.36 to 0.85)** | 0.61 (0.20 to 0.81)** |
| ≥Master’s degree | 25 (37.88) | 41 (62.12) | 0.50 (0.31 to 0.87)** | 0.49 (0.23 to 0.76)** |
| AMI (RMB) | ||||
| <3000 | 109 (60.22) | 72 (39.78) | – | – |
| 3000–4999 | 93 (46.73) | 106 (53.27) | 0.58 (0.56 to 0.95)** | 0.52 (0.49 to 1.53) |
| 5000–6999 | 51 (48.11) | 55 (51.89) | 0.61 (0.50 to 0.91)** | 0.67 (0.44 to 1.67) |
| ≥7000 | 31 (39.24) | 48 (60.76) | 0.43 (0.34 to 0.93)** | 0.54 (0.29 to 1.01) |
| Place of residence | ||||
| City | 148 (44.98) | 181 (55.02) | – | – |
| Countryside (rural) | 136 (57.63) | 100 (42.37) | 1.66 (1.19 to 2.33)** | 1.51 (1.35 to 2.82)** |
| Types of healthcare insurance | ||||
| No insurance | 35 (52.24) | 32 (47.76) | – | – |
| Yes, NRCMS | 155 (51.16) | 148 (48.84) | 0.96 (0.83 to 1.31) | 0.92 (0.76 to 1.73) |
| Yes, MISUR | 94 (48.21) | 101 (51.79) | 0.85 (0.66 to 1.17) | 0.86 (0.53 to 1.03) |
| Physical condition | ||||
| With chronic disease | 108 (61.36) | 68 (38.64) | – | – |
| Without chronic disease | 176 (45.24) | 213 (54.76) | 0.52 (0.36 to 0.75)*** | 0.61 (0.22 to 0.71)*** |
*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.
AMI, average monthly income; GP, general practitioner; MISUR, medical insurance system for urban residents; NRCMS, new rural cooperative medical system.