Table 7 Advice received from health professionals
From: Pensions, consumption and health: evidence from rural South Africa
Sample distribution % [n = 2701] | Non-Pension households n = 574 | Pension households n = 2127 | Chi sq p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Has a doctor, nurse or other healthcare worker ever advised you to stop smoking? | 19.1 [110] | 15.1 [18] | 20.1 [92] | 0.284 |
Has a doctor nurse or other health care worker ever told you to change your diet? | 12.3 [331] | 10.5 [60] | 12.7 [271] | 0.251 |
Has a doctor nurse or other health care worker ever advised you to lose weight? | 2.9 [78] | 2.6 [15] | 3.0 [63] | 0.796 |