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Table 1 Sociodemographic, medical background and work related characteristics of documented Latin American immigrants in Nagahama City, Japan by health insurance status

From: Latin American immigrants have limited access to health insurance in Japan: a cross sectional study

 

Total

Uninsured

Insured

Pvalue

 

(n = 282)

(n = 56)

(n = 226)

 
 

n

%a

n

%a

n

%a

 

Sociodemographic

       

Gender

       

   Men

137

48.5

37

66.1

100

44.1

0.006

   Women

145

51.5

19

33.9

126

55.9

 

Country of origin

       

   Brazil

197

69.9

41

73.1

156

69.2

0.073

   Peru

46

16.4

4

6.5

43

18.8

 

   Bolivia

25

8.9

10

18.2

15

6.6

 

   Others

14

4.8

1

2.2

12

5.4

 

Age

       

   18 - 29

91

32.1

22

39.2

69

30.3

0.102

   30 - 39

91

32.4

15

26.2

77

34.0

 

   40 - 49

55

19.4

16

28.1

39

17.3

 

   50 or more

45

16.0

4

6.5

42

18.4

 

Marriage and live-in partnerships

       

   Married (living with spouse)

178

63.1

27

49.2

150

66.5

0.132

   Married (not living with spouse or other partner)

20

7.3

3

6.0

17

7.6

 

   Not married (living with partner)

23

8.0

6

10.7

17

7.3

 

   Not married (not living with partner)

61

21.7

19

34.0

42

18.7

 

Number of children

       

   0

69

24.6

26

45.8

44

19.3

0.045

   1

80

28.5

16

28.0

65

28.6

 

   2

87

30.9

10

17.5

77

34.2

 

   3 or more

45

16.0

5

8.7

40

17.8

 

Years of education

       

   1 - 8

41

14.5

16

29.1

25

10.9

0.013

   9 -12

157

55.6

31

56.2

125

55.4

 

   13 -16

84

29.9

8

14.7

76

33.7

 

Knowledge about mandatory nature of health insurance in Japan

       

   No

55

19.6

24

43.2

31

13.8

< 0.001

   Yes

227

80.4

32

56.8

195

86.2

 

Medical background

       

   Visited a doctor in the last 12 months in Japanb

       

No/Have never visited a doctor

in Japan

86

30.9

34

60.5

53

23.5

< 0.001

   Yes

194

69.1

22

39.5

172

76.5

 

Chronic diseaseb

       

   No

238

84.9

54

96.6

184

82.0

0.016

   Yes

42

15.1

2

3.4

40

18.0

 

Work related

       

Working condition

       

   Full time

209

74.1

43

76.5

166

73.4

0.447

   Part time

16

5.7

1

1.8

15

6.7

 

   Self employed

3

1.1

0

0.0

3

1.4

 

   Unemployed

53

18.6

12

21.6

40

17.9

 

   Retired

1

0.5

0

0.0

1

0.6

 

Employed through labor contract companyc

       

   No

58

25.7

11

24.8

47

27.1

0.852

   Yes

167

74.3

33

75.2

134

72.9

 

Years employed by the current employerc

       

   0 - 2

131

58.1

34

77.2

97

53.5

0.001

   3 or more

94

41.9

10

22.8

84

46.5

 

Term of contract with employer (months)b, c

       

   1 - 2

25

11.1

8

18.5

17

9.3

0.393

   3 - 6

73

32.7

12

28.4

61

33.8

 

   7 - 24

28

12.3

4

9.5

23

13.0

 

   Indefinite

44

19.4

6

13.1

38

21.0

 

   No written contract

55

24.4

13

30.5

41

23.0

 

Ever had a serious accident at work that forced you to see a doctorb

       

   No

247

88.2

44

78.7

203

90.6

0.020

   Yes

33

11.8

12

21.3

21

9.4

 
  1. Note 1: Totals may differ from the sum of categories due to rounding, unless specified
  2. Note 2: Percentages are calculated based on the exact estimated standardized weighted counts
  3. n, rounded estimated standardized weighted count
  4. a, total percentage may differ from 100% due to rounding
  5. b, total for the category may be less than the total n due to nonresponse
  6. c, among the total full time and part time working population (n = 225)