Table 1. Distribution of Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Participants by Health Centers (N = 507) .

Socio-Demographic Characteristics	Kyrenia Policlinics		Trenyolu Policlinics		Total		χ 2	P Value
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
The subtotal and total number of participants	253	49.9	254	50.1	507	100
Gender							0.16	.722
Male	119	50.9	115	49.1	234	46.2
Female	134	49.1	139	50.9	273	53.8
Age group							13.95	.001a
<40	114	45.0	142	56.1	256	50.6
40-64	89	35.2	89	35.2	178	35.2
≥65	50	19.8	22	8.7	72	14.2
Nationality							115.20	.000a
TRNC	107	42.3	129	50.8	236	46.5
Turkish	54	21.3	79	31.1	133	26.3
British	75	29.6	2	0.8	77	15.2
TRNC + Turkish	-	-	34	13.4	34	6.7
TRNC + British	-	-	2	0.8	2	0.4
Others	17	6.8	8	3.1	25	4.9
Educational status							46.99	.000a
Secondary or less	23	9.1	75	29.5	98	19.3
High school	63	24.9	80	31.5	143	28.2
University and above	167	66.0	99	39.0	266	52.5
Economic status (n = 504)							17.15	.000a
Good	118	46.6	88	35.0	206	40.9
Moderate	128	50.6	135	53.8	263	52.2
Poor	7	2.8	28	11.2	35	6.9
Employment							7.68	.006a
Public	29	15.3	39	27.9	68	20.7
Private	160	84.7	101	72.1	261	79.3
Chorionic diseases							0.17	.704
Yes	83	32.8	79	68.9	162	32.0
No	170	67.2	175	31.1	345	68.0
Medicine use							0.06	.844
Yes	73	28.9	70	27.9	143	28.4
No	180	71.1	181	72.1	361	71.6
Family size							16.01	.000a
≤4	236	93.3	206	81.4	442	87.4
≥5	17	6.7	47	18.6	64	12.6
No. of children							20.57	.000a
1-2	133	79.6	84	56.4	217	68.7
3-4	31	18.6	55	36.9	86	27.2
≥5	3	1.8	10	6.7	13	4.1
Smoking status							8.05	.005a
Non-smoker	181	74.8	158	62.9	339	68.8
Current smoker	61	25.2	93	37.1	154	31.2
Alcohol intake							7.99	.005a
Yes	63	52.1	72	36.0	135	42.1
No	58	47.9	128	64.0	186	57.9
Health expenditure payment methods							92.53	.000a
Government insurance	47	23.6	152	76.4	199	39.3
Private insurance	51	71.8	20	28.2	71	14.1
Own funds (OOP)	155	65.7	81	34.3	236	46.6
OOP health expenditure during the last 3 months (TL)							57.94	.000a
None	109	43.1	107	42.1	216	42.6
<500	57	22.5	122	48.0	179	35.3
≥500	87	34.4	25	9.8	112	22.1

Abbreviations: TRNC, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; OOP, out-of-pocket; TL, Turkish Lira.

^a P  < .05.