Table 3.

Whether referred to a medical facility according to participant characteristics among foreign residents who participated in free consultation activities held in Aichi Prefecture from 2012 to 2016 (N = 596^a)

Characteristics	Whether referred to a medical facility				p-valueb
	Yes (N = 72)		No (N = 524)
	n	%	n	%
Sex
Female	45	13.4	292	86.6	0.28
Male	27	10.4	232	89.6
Age group
-29 years old	25	12.2	180	87.8	0.98
30–39 years old	22	12.8	150	87.2
40–49 years old	15	11.7	113	88.3
50- years old	10	11.0	81	89.0
Region of origin
Vietnam	17	13.9	105	86.1	0.25
Philippines	14	12.6	97	87.4
Brazil	7	6.8	96	93.2
China	6	9.0	61	91.0
Other Asia	19	18.3	85	81.7
High-income country	4	10.0	36	90.0
Other	5	10.2	44	89.8
Occupation
Labour/non-regularc	15	10.1	134	89.9	< 0.01
Professional/company	12	8.2	135	91.8
Student	7	22.6	24	77.4
Unemployedd	15	26.8	41	73.2
Other	4	10.8	33	89.2
No answer	19	10.8	157	89.2
Coverage under Japanese public insurancee
Covered	57	11.7	430	88.3	0.52
Not covered	14	14.0	86	86.0
Duration of living in Japanf
< 1 year	10	12.0	73	88.0	0.75
≧1 year, < 5 years	30	13.6	191	86.4
≧5 years	23	11.2	183	88.8

^aTwelve participants were excluded because it was not known if they had been referred to a medical facility

^bChi-square test

^cIncluding trainees/interns

^dIncluding housewives

^eUnknown for 9 participants

^fUnknown for 86 participants