Table 1 Importance of addressing health inequities – percent agreement (N = 2,006)
From: Addressing health inequities in Ontario, Canada: what solutions do the public support?
% (#) | |
|---|---|
It is important for governments to find ways of narrowing differences in health between the rich and the poor | 83 (1661) |
People should take responsibility for their own health and not expect the government to do it for them | 64 (1286) |
Government should work to close the health gap between the rich and poor even if it means raising taxes | 48 (957) |
Government should work to close the health gap between the rich and the poor even if it means shifting resources away from the better off to the less well off | 65 (1306) |
On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means an issue is not a problem at all and 10 means it is a very big problem, how big a problem do you think the health gap between the rich and poor is in Ontario – Mean (SD) (N = 1940) | 5.88 (2.20) |
If the government were willing and able to spend whatever was necessary, the government could eliminate the health gap between the rich and the poor | 54 (1080) |
Everyone in Ontario should have the same opportunity to live a long and healthy life - Yes | 98 (1960) |
Everyone in Ontario does have the same opportunity to live a long and healthy life - Yes | 47 (942) |
Do you think Ontario society needs major changes in order to make things more equal among its citizens? - Yes | 58 (1153) |