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Table 1 Characteristics of Chinese and White Survey Respondents who Visited General Practitioners or Specialists

From: Chinese and white Canadian satisfaction and compliance with physicians

 

General Practitioner Visits

 

Specialist Visits

 

Variables

Chinese N (% of 746)

White N (% of 711)

P-Value

Chinese N (% of 485)

White N (% of 637)

P-Value

Age

      

18–34

188 (25.2)

179 (25.2)

< 0.001

100 (20.6)

145 (22.8)

0.036

35–64

497 (66.6)

428 (60.2)

 

335 (69.1)

398 (62.5)

 

≥65

61 (8.2)

104 (14.6)

 

50 (10.3)

94 (14.8)

 

Gender

      

Male

355 (47.6)

251 (35.3)

< 0.001

204 (42.1)

225 (35.3)

0.021

Female

391 (52.4)

460 (64.7)

 

281 (57.9)

412 (64.7)

 

Education

      

Less than senior High

91 (12.2)

46 (6.5)

< 0.001

68 (14.0)

39 (6.1)

< 0.001

Senior High

127 (17.0)

187 (26.3)

 

92 (19.0)

166 (26.1)

 

Technical/Professional College

147 (19.7)

232 (32.6)

 

103 (21.2)

204 (32.0)

 

University or Higher

381 (51.1)

246 (34.6)

 

222 (45.8)

228 (35.8)

 

Marital Status

      

Married/common-law

585 (78.4)

426 (59.9)

< 0.001

388 (80.0)

385 (60.4)

< 0.001

Never married

118 (15.8)

170 (23.9)

 

63 (13.0)

152 (23.9)

 

Divorced or Separated

43 (5.8)

115 (16.2)

 

34 (7.0)

100 (15.7)

 

Income

      

≤30,000

204 (27.3)

86 (12.1)

< 0.001

124 (25.6)

74 (11.6)

< 0.001

30,001–50,000

165 (22.1)

123 (17.3)

 

97 (20.0)

116 (18.2)

 

50,001–70,000

112 (15.0)

101 (14.2)

 

87 (17.9)

88 (13.8)

 

> 70,000

181 (24.3)

282 (39.7)

 

124 (25.6)

260 (40.8)

 

Missing

84 (11.3)

119 (16.7)

 

53 (10.9)

99 (15.5)

 

Language Spoken at Home

      

English

80 (10.7)

688 (96.8)

< 0.001

64 (13.2)

616 (96.7)

< 0.001

Chinese

540 (72.4)

0 (0.0)

 

335 (69.1)

0 (0.0)

 

Both English and Chinese

123 (16.5)

0 (0.0)

 

84 (17.3)

0 (0.0)

 

Other

3 (0.4)

23 (3.2)

 

2 (0.4)

21 (3.3)

 

Birthplace

      

Canada

66 (8.8)

607 (85.4)

< 0.001

44 (9.1)

545 (85.6)

< 0.001

Other Countries

680 (91.2)

104 (14.6)

 

441 (90.9)

92 (14.4)

 

Length of Stay in Canada Among

      

Those Born Outside of Canada

      

1 – 4 years

269 (39.6)

7 (6.7)

 

143 (32.4)

4 (4.3)

 

5 – 9 years

135 (19.9)

15 (14.4)

 

86 (19.5)

13 (14.1)

 

≥10 years

276 (40.6)

82 (78.8)

 

212 (48.1)

75 (81.5)

 

Number of Conditions (out of 15)

      

Zero conditions

337 (45.2)

141 (19.8)

< 0.001

194 (40.0)

112 (17.6)

< 0.001

1 condition

213 28.6)

164 (23.1)

 

140 (28.9)

149 (23.4)

 

2 conditions

117 (15.7)

142 (20.0)

 

82 (16.9)

125 (19.6)

 

3 conditions

43 (5.8)

106 (14.9)

 

37 (7.6)

94 (14.8)

 

≥4 conditions

36 (4.8)

158 (22.2)

 

32 (6.6)

157 (24.6)