Table 3.

Proportion and prevalence ratio for having renounced care for financial reasons

Variable		Having renounced care for financial reasons (%)	p*	Prevalence ratio**	p**
Gender (N = 2015)	Male	25.3	< 0.001	1	0.001
	Female	36.2		1.36 [1.14;1.63]
Age (N = 2015)	15–24 years	23.6	0.010,
	25–34 years	35.9
	35–44 years	32.0
	45–54 years	35.9
	55–64 years	29.2
	65–75 years	26.3
Birth place (N = 2015)	Born in France	27.1	< 0.001
	Foreign-born	37.7
Educational level (N = 1994)	None	36.8	0.002
	Below High school graduation	27.4
	High school graduation	30.2
	first college degree	30.0
	Equal or above to a bachelor degree	23.1
Language most often spoken (N = 2015)	French	26.9	< 0.001
	Creole	38.6
	Portuguese	45.4
	English	31.9
	Nengue tongo	26.1
	Amerindians languages	33.8
	Others	19.0
Perceived Financial Status (N = 2000)	You are really comfortable	15.6	< 0.001	1	0.000.
	Your are comfortable	21.7		1.36 [0.96;1.93]
	It is tight	32.2		1.96 [1.37;2.81]
	It’s really difficult	49.1		2.78[1.99;3.89]
	You do not make ends meet without making debts	55.4		2.90[1.98;4.25]
Professional Status (N = 2014)	Employed	29.4	< 0.001
	Student	19.4
	Unemployed	39.1
	Retired	21.4
	Other inactive	42.5
Living conditions (N = 2014)	Having water at home	29.7	0,020,0,020,
	No water at home	41.3
Residence location (N = 2015)	Coastal	33.1	0.137
	Savanas	25.4
	Western	27.6
	Eastern	26.5
Living alone (N = 2007)	Yes	30.6	0.369
	No	34.1
Having a religion (N = 2007)	Yes	33.9	0.001
	No	25.1
Perceived health (N = 2003)	Very good	23.1	< 0.001	1	0.0002
	Good	27.9		1.06 [0.82;1.37]
	Fairly good	34.9		1.17 [0.90;1.51]
	Poor / Very poor preceived health	63.1		1.71 [1.27;2.29]
Having complementary health insurance (N = 1991)	Yes	28.8	< 0.001	1	0.000.
	No	40.1		1.44[1.20;1.74]

^*Pearson’s chi-square test in bivariate analysis

^**Final multivariate model

The variable “Religion” and “Housing condition” were not included in the multivariate model because they describe various situations and profiles that did not allow interpretation