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Table 1 Description of study population grouped by migrant background (%)

From: Use of acute care services by adults with a migrant background: a secondary analysis of a EurOOHnet survey

Factors

Categories

Native born (Nmax = 2,733)a

Non-western migrants (Nmax = 175)b

Western migrants (Nmax = 547)c

Age

Mean (SD)

46.0 (10.2)

39.2 (9.1)

44.4 (9.9)

Median (IQR)

51.0 (36–55)

36 (32–50)

40 (35–53.5)

Sex

Male

47.5

49.1

40.8

Female

52.5

50.9

59.2

Education level

Low

12.5

13.1

8.1

Middle

52.6

40.6

52.0

High

34.9

46.3

39.9

Medical education

None

89.6

93.1

91.4

Some/nurse/doctor

10.4

6.9

8.6

Employment

Unemployed

19.1

29.2

22.3

Employed

80.9

70.8

77.7

Living status

Living alone

16.8

11.4

19.0

Living with another adult

83.2

88.6

81.0

Social support

Lacking social support

24.0

36.2

29.7

Receiving social support

75.9

63.2

70.3

Health literacy – navigating the system

Low/middle ability

28.4

28.0

35.1

High ability

71.6

72.0

64.9

Health literacy – sufficient information

Low ability

9.5

8.8

15.5

High ability

90.5

91.2

84.5

Self-efficacy

Low

50.6

56.6

40.1

High

49.4

43.4

59.9

Anxiety

No anxiety

88.8

80.8

85.7

Anxiety

11.2

19.2

14.3

Attitude towards use OOH-PC

Low barrier

36.8

52.4

52.5

High barrier

63.2

47.6

47.5

Degree of severity before contacting OOH-PC

Mean (SD)

8.1 (1.5)

7.8 (1.6)

8.2 (1.7)

Median (IQR)

8 (7–9)

8 (7–9)

8 (7–10)

Travel time

 < 15 min

45.7

51.4

56.1

 ≥ 15 min

54.3

48.6

43.9

Problems in contacting GP due to own work or private appointments

No/few problems

84.0

75.6

84.1

Some/many problems

16.0

24.4

15.9

Problems in contacting GP due to accessibility own GP

No/few problems

78.4

71.4

84.7

Some/many problems

21.6

28.6

15.3

Problems in contacting GP due to availability own GP

No/few problems

84.8

80.7

86.4

Some/many problems

15.2

19.3

13.6

Self-assessed health

Poor

13.7

13.7

13.5

Good

86.3

86.3

86.5

  1. a Percentage of missing values factors ranged from 0% (age) to 4.9% (travel time)
  2. b Percentage of missing values factors ranged from 0% (age, sex, education, medical education, living status, self-assessed health) to 6.3% (travel time)
  3. c Percentage of missing values factors ranged from 0% (age, sex, employment, living status, health literacy: sufficient information, anxiety, self-assessed health) to 5.7% (attitudes towards use OOH-PC)