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Table 2 Distribution of the study population by country of origin. Sociodemographic variables. Spanish National Health Survey 2006.

From: Significant differences in the use of healthcare resources of native-born and foreign born in Spain

 

ORIGIN

 

ECONOMIC IMMIGRANT

AUTOCHTHONOUS POPULATION (SPANIARDS AND NOT ECONOMIC IMMIGRANTS)

 

%

CI 95%

%

CI 95%

Sex

    

Men

46.96

43.40–50.56

49.23

48.42–50.05

Women

53.04

49.44–56.60

50.77

49.95–51.58

Age group (*)

    

16–24

18.50

15.73–21.64

11.93

11.33–12.55

25–34

37.95

34.54–41.49

18.81

18.12–19.52

35–44

25.25

22.40–28.34

18.87

18.27–19.47

45–54

12.06

10–14.47

16.11

15.54–16.71

55–64

4.43

3.13–6.22

13.36

12.84–13.89

65–74

1.15

0.64–2.05

11.07

10.63–11.53

75 and over

0.66

0.35–1.23

9.85

9.44–10.28

Marital status (*)

    

Single/Divorced/widow

31.40

28.10–34.89

35.66

34.86–36.46

Married or living together

68.60

65.11–71.90

64.34

63.54–65.14

Educational level (*)

    

No formal education

6.85

5.13–9.11

11.69

11.22–12.18

Junior school

39.38

35.95–42.32

43.78

42.98–44.58

High school

38.19

34.78–41.73

27.40

26.65–28.16

University and higher education

15.57

13.25–18.22

17.13

16.51–17.77

Occupational status(*)

    

Employed

69.39

66.01–72.57

49.81

49–50.62

Unemployed

9.77

7.84–12.12

6.92

6.50–7.37

Inactive

20.84

18.10–23.88

43.27

42.48–44.06

Size of town(*)

    

Rural (≤ 10,000 inhabitants)

10.63

8.79–12.80

22.59

21.94–23.25

Urban(>10,000 inhabitants)

89.37

87.20–91.21

77.41

76.75–78.06

Monthly income

    

≤ 1200 euros

44.85

41.20–48.56

43.14

42.30–44

> 1200 euros

55.15

51.44–58.80

56.86

56–57.70

  1. (*) Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05)