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. 2019 Feb 6;19:99. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-3895-6

Table 4.

Percent and prevalence ratio for having renounced care for time-related reasons

Variables Have renounced for time-related reasons (%) p* Prevalence ratio** p**
Gender (N = 2012) Male 21.4 0.031
Female 26.5
Age (N = 2012) 15–24 years 20.5 0.011
25–34 years 26.9
35–44 years 29.3
45–54 years 25.4
55–64 years 15.9
65–75 years 16.3
Birth place (N = 2012) Born in France 25.2 0.205
Foreign-born 21.9
Educational level (N = 1991) None 19.9 < 0.001 1 0.0015
Below High school graduation 23.06 1.21 [0.90;1.62]
High school graduation 31.2 1.64 [1.23;2.18]
first college degree 26.8 1.36 [0.94;1.96]
Equal or above to a bachelor degree 33.7 1.70 [1.25;2.32]
Perceived Financial Status (N = 1997) You are really comfortable 17.7 0.031
Your are comfortable 24.01
It is tight 25.6
It’s really difficult 23.8
You do not make ends meet without making debts 35.5
Language most often spoken (N = 2012) French 26.5 0.239
Creole 19.3
Portuguese 28.7
English 20.4
Nengue tongo 19.2
Amerindians languages 21.5
Others 20.4
Professional Status (N = 2012) Employed 27.9 0.013 1 0.02
Student 18.8 0.73 [0.53;1.00]
Unemployed 23.7 0.96 [0.72;1.29]
Retired 13.8 0.50 [0.31;0.80]
Other inactive 19.7 0.80 [0.51;1.26]
Living conditions (N = 2011) Having water at home 24.6 0.238
No water at home 19.1
Residence location (N = 2012) Coastal 24.7 0.539
Savanas 20.8
Western 25.2
Eastern 17.7
Having a religion (N = 2005) Yes 23.9 0.834
No 24.4
Perceived health (N = 2000) Very good 19.9 0.067 1 0.0043
Good 24 1.19 [0.89;1.58]
Fairly good 25.4 1.35 [0.99;1.84]
Poor / Very poor 34.3 2.06 [1.37;3.12]
Having complementary health insurance (N = 1989) Yes 23.9 0.791
No 24.8

*Pearson’s chi-square test in bivariate analysis

**Final multivariate model