Table 1 Participants’ characteristics with or without usual source of care
Total | Has USC | No USC | |
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | (N = 1,757) | (n = 1,011) | (n = 746) |
Age, n (%), years | |||
20 − 29 | 202 (11.5) | 95 (9.4) | 107 (14.3) |
30 − 39 | 293 (16.7) | 136 (13.5) | 157 (21.0) |
40 − 49 | 364 (20.7) | 164 (16.2) | 200 (26.8) |
50 − 59 | 325 (18.5) | 198 (19.6) | 127 (17.0) |
60 − 69 | 379 (21.6) | 262 (25.9) | 117 (15.7) |
≥ 70 | 194 (11.0) | 156 (15.4) | 38 (5.1) |
Gender, n (%) | |||
Female | 898 (51.1) | 545 (53.9) | 353 (47.3) |
Marital status, n (%) | |||
Married | 1,333 (75.9) | 784 (77.5) | 549 (73.6) |
Widowed | 65 (3.7) | 45 (4.5) | 20 (2.7) |
Annulled, divorced, separated | 89 (5.1) | 55 (5.4) | 34 (4.6) |
Never married | 269 (15.3) | 127 (12.6) | 142 (19.0) |
Data missing | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) |
Education, n (%) | |||
Less than high school | 57 (3.2) | 37 (3.7) | 20 (2.7) |
High school | 584 (33.2) | 348 (34.4) | 236 (31.6) |
Junior college | 484 (27.5) | 279 (27.6) | 205 (27.5) |
More than or equal to college | 590 (33.6) | 323 (31.9) | 267 (35.8) |
Data missing | 42 (2.4) | 24 (2.4) | 18 (2.4) |
Employment status, n (%) | |||
Full-time employee | 691 (39.3) | 347 (34.3) | 344 (46.1) |
Part-time employee | 387 (22.0) | 231 (22.8) | 156 (20.9) |
Self employee | 227 (12.9) | 132 (13.1) | 95 (12.7) |
Unemployed | 451 (25.7) | 300 (29.7) | 151 (20.2) |
Data missing | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
Annual household income, n (%), million JPY | |||
< 3.00 (≒ 22,000 US dollars) | 288 (16.4) | 170 (16.8) | 118 (15.8) |
3.00–4.99 | 532 (30.3) | 332 (32.8) | 200 (26.8) |
5.00–6.99 | 435 (24.8) | 256 (25.3) | 179 (24.0) |
7.00–9.99 | 312 (17.8) | 167 (16.5) | 145 (19.4) |
≥ 10.00 | 170 (9.7) | 76 (7.5) | 94 (12.6) |
Data missing | 20 (1.1) | 10 (1.0) | 10 (1.3) |
Social isolation, n (%) | |||
Absent | 1210 (68.9) | 736 (72.8) | 474 (63.5) |
Present | 535 (30.4) | 269 (26.6) | 266 (35.7) |
Data missing | 12 (0.7) | 6 (0.6) | 6 (0.8) |
CCHL, mean (SD) | 3.5 (0.7) | 3.5 (0.7) | 3.5 (0.7) |
Data missing, n (%) | 8 (0.5) | 3 (0.3) | 5 (0.7) |
Number of chronic conditions, n (%) | |||
0 | 794 (45.2) | 324 (32.0) | 470 (63.0) |
1 | 454 (25.8) | 297 (29.4) | 157 (21.0) |
≥ 2 | 438 (24.9) | 349 (34.5) | 89 (11.9) |
Data missing | 71 (4.0) | 41 (4.1) | 30 (4.0) |
EQ-5D-5 L, mean (SD) | 0.89 (0.08) | 0.88 (0.09) | 0.90 (0.07) |
Data missing, n (%) | 7 (0.4) | 2 (0.2) | 5 (0.7) |