Table 2.
The distribution of the prevalence of self-reported unmet healthcare needs of study subjects by sex and employment status.
| Variables | N (Weighted %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (N = 998) | Women (N = 1005) | |||
| Permanent Workers | Precarious Workers | Permanent Workers | Precarious Workers | |
| Total | 51 (10.0) | 59 (18.1) | 69 (19.5) | 131 (23.3) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 15–29 | 7 (15.5) | 13 (18.9) | 20 (26.8) | 36 (27.1) |
| 30–39 | 17 (7.7) | 15 (17.8) | 16 (15.9) | 28 (29.0) |
| 40–49 | 13 (8.9) | 13 (25.9) | 15 (12.5) | 10 (12.7) |
| 50–59 | 10 (11.2) | 7 (17.9) | 14 (26.0) | 29 (25.6) |
| ≥60 | 4 (17.7) | 11 (8.1) | 4 (14.8) | 28 (20.7) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Currently married | 39 (9.1) | 36 (15.5) | 41 (19.6) | 69 (21.7) |
| Never married | 11 (13.3) | 20 (20.4) | 23 (21.4) | 40 (26.8) |
| Previously married | 1 (14.5) | 3 (29.4) | 5 (11.8) | 22 (21.9) |
| Education | ||||
| ≥College | 31 (9.3) | 24 (20.5) | 35 (18.5) | 32 (25.0) |
| High school | 18 (11.7) | 19 (19.2) | 25 (19.9) | 48 (22.1) |
| ≤Junior high school | 2 (6.4) | 16 (11.7) | 9 (23.9) | 51 (23.5) |
| Equivalised household income | ||||
| 4th quartile | 23 (9.7) | 15 (17.0) | 29 (18.5) | 21 (14.6) |
| 3rd quartile | 15 (10.7) | 21 (20.2) | 27 (21.6) | 36 (26.0) |
| 2nd quartile | 10 (7.8) | 18 (20.4) | 9 (15.6) | 46 (26.8) |
| 1st quartile | 2 (17.9) | 5 (6.0) | 4 (35.1) | 27 (25.7) |
| Occupation | ||||
| Professional/clerical | 29 (9.2) | 17 (17.0) | 46 (20.6) | 47 (26.6) |
| Service/sales | 5 (14.6) | 9 (27.7) | 16 (20.6) | 35 (23.4) |
| Manual | 17 (10.2) | 33 (16.2) | 7 (14.5) | 49 (20.1) |
| Shift work | ||||
| Daytime | 46 (10.4) | 45 (19.1) | 58 (20.1) | 98 (23.3) |
| Night shifts | 5 (8.3) | 14 (16.0) | 11 (17.4) | 29 (20.2) |
| Average working hours per week | ||||
| <40 h | 2 (1.6) | 13 (14.9) | 9 (11.0) | 76 (20.7) |
| 40 h | 7 (5.1) | 6 (9.1) | 17 (15.2) | 14 (19.0) |
| >40 h | 42 (12.7) | 40 (22.8) | 43 (24.7) | 41 (31.8) |
| Self-rated health | ||||
| Good | 13 (6.3) | 26 (24.1) | 12 (11.7) | 22 (15.9) |
| Moderate | 34 (12.9) | 22 (12.5) | 42 (19.8) | 70 (24.2) |
| Bad | 4 (8.0) | 11 (22.5) | 15 (36.4) | 39 (33.3) |
| Activities of daily living | ||||
| Not limited | 44 (8.3) | 54 (18.3) | 61 (17.9) | 117 (22.7) |
| Limited | 7 (63.3) | 5 (15.4) | 8 (82.9) | 14 (30.4) |