Table 2.
Prevalence of unmet health care need and related characteristics
| Characteristics | N | % | p∗ | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | <30 | 96 | 14.3 | 0.0027 | 670 |
| 30–39 | 347 | 14.8 | 2,349 | ||
| 40–49 | 704 | 16.8 | 4,188 | ||
| 50–59 | 567 | 18.2 | 3,113 | ||
| Sex | Male | 906 | 15.4 | 0.0001 | 5,883 |
| Female | 808 | 18.2 | 4,437 | ||
| Education | Less than middle school | 343 | 22.6 | <0.0001 | 1,517 |
| High school | 921 | 16.2 | 5,671 | ||
| Greater than high school | 450 | 14.4 | 3,132 | ||
| Household income | 1st quintile (lowest) | 96 | 27.6 | <0.0001 | 348 |
| 2nd quintile | 281 | 18.9 | 1,489 | ||
| 3rd quintile | 442 | 18.4 | 2,398 | ||
| 4th quintile | 434 | 14.8 | 2,937 | ||
| 5th quintile (highest) | 461 | 14.6 | 3,148 | ||
| Job status | Regular workers | 627 | 14.4 | <0.0001 | 4,361 |
| Temporary workers | 507 | 17.9 | 2,839 | ||
| Employers or self-employed | 580 | 18.6 | 3,120 | ||
| Occupation | Unclassified | 2 | 15.4 | <0.0001 | 13 |
| Legislators, senior officials, and managers | 82 | 14.1 | 580 | ||
| Professionals | 310 | 14.5 | 2,137 | ||
| Technicians and associate professionals | 150 | 12.9 | 1,161 | ||
| Clerks | 204 | 20.1 | 1,014 | ||
| Service and sale workers | 211 | 16.6 | 1,269 | ||
| Agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers | 142 | 20.9 | 679 | ||
| Craft and related trades workers | 223 | 18.5 | 1,207 | ||
| Plant, machine operators, and assemblers | 167 | 15.5 | 1,080 | ||
| Elementary occupations | 223 | 18.9 | 1,180 | ||
| Working hour (hours/week) | <40 | 265 | 17.7 | <0.0001 | 1,495 |
| 40–49 | 644 | 13.9 | 4,648 | ||
| 50–59 | 322 | 17.5 | 1,844 | ||
| ≥60 | 483 | 20.7 | 2,333 | ||
| Shift work | No | 1509 | 16.3 | 0.0039 | 9,283 |
| Yes | 205 | 19.8 | 1,037 | ||
| Smoking | Nonsmoker | 945 | 16.9 | 0.0012 | 5,583 |
| Ex-smoker | 247 | 13.8 | 1,792 | ||
| Smoker | 522 | 17.7 | 2,945 | ||
| Alcohol | None | 302 | 16.4 | 0.0647 | 1,837 |
| ≤1/month | 453 | 17.4 | 2,600 | ||
| 2–4/month | 451 | 15.2 | 2,973 | ||
| ≥2/week | 508 | 17.5 | 2,910 | ||
| Self-rated health | Good | 609 | 11.9 | <0.0001 | 5,112 |
| Fair | 864 | 19.5 | 4,441 | ||
| Bad | 241 | 31.4 | 767 | ||
| Sleep hour (hours/day) | ≤6 | 910 | 18.7 | <0.0001 | 4,876 |
| 7 | 546 | 15.0 | 3,640 | ||
| ≥8 | 258 | 14.3 | 1,804 |
∗
p value based on the Chi-square test.