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Table 1 Demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related characteristics of the sample

From: Determinants of utilisation rates of preventive health services: evidence from Chile

Parameter

2015

(n = 206,132)

No preventive services (n, %)

Preventive services (n,%)

Sex

Male

91,771 (47.1%)

4415 (38.9%)

Female

103,021 (52.9%)

6925 (61.1%)

Chi-square test p-value

p < 0.0001

Cramer’s V

0.037

Zone

Urban

151,961 (78.0%)

8746 (77.1%)

Rural

42,831 (22.0%)

2594 (22.9%)

Chi-square test p-value

p = 0.027

Cramer’s V

0.005

Age (mean, std. dev.)

 

42.9 (18.5)

67.0 (15.9)

t-test p-value

p < 0.0001

Point biserial correlation

−.286

Married

67,871 (34.8)

5319 (46.9%)

Living with or in a relationship

31,351 (16.1%)

921 (8.1%)

Civil status

Separated, divorced, annulled

13,043 (6.7%)

905 (8.0%)

Widowed

9958 (5.1%)

2648 (23.4%)

Single

72,569 (37.3%)

1547 (13.6%)

Chi-square test p-value

p < 0.0001

Cramer’s V

0.202

Nationality

Chilean

191,779 (98.5%)

11,263 (99.3%)

Foreigner

3013 (1.6%)

77 (0.7%)

Chi-square test p-value

p < 0.0001

Cramer’s V

−0.016

Indigeneity

Not indigenous

173,670 (89.2%)

10,356 (91.3%)

Indigenous

21,122 (10.8%)

984 (8.7%)

Chi-square test p-value

p < 0.0001

Cramer’s V

−0.016

Health system

FONASA

159,586 (81.9%)

10,092 (89.0%)

Armed forces

4190 (2.2%)

325 (2.9%)

ISAPRE

24,210 (12.4%)

833 (7.4%)

Out-of-pocket

6806 (3.5%)

90 (0.8%)

Chi-square test p-value

p < 0.0001

Cramer’s V

0.052

Health score

Bad

13,036 (6.7%)

1487 (13.1%)

Average

67,685 (34.8%)

5632 (50.0%)

Good

114,071 (58.6%)

4221 (37.2%)

Chi-square test p-value

p < 0.0001

Cramer’s V

0.102

Disability

No disability

175,756 (90.2%)

8434 (74.4%)

With disability

19,036 (9.8%)

2906 (25.6%)

Chi-square test p-value

p < 0.0001

Cramer’s V

0.117

Employment

Employed

103,565 (53.2%)

3176 (28.0%)

Unemployed

8423 (4.3%)

156 (1.4%)

Inactive

82,804 (42.5%)

8008 (70.6%)

t-test p-value

p < 0.0001

Cramer’s V

0.130

Equalised incomea (mean, std. dev.)

 

528,348 (671,874)

509,400 (549,153)

t-test p-value

p = 0.003

Point biserial correlation

.006

Education, (mean, std. dev.)

 

10.6 (4.2)

7.8 (4.9)

t-test p-value

p < 0.0001

Point biserial correlation

.151

  1. a Chilean pesos (1 USD = 659 Chilean pesos, average July 2017)