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Table 1 Distribution of the urban and rural population according to their socio-demographic characteristics and the selected health care use variables

From: Do place of residence and ethnicity affect health services utilization? evidence from greece

 

GENERAL POPULATION

URBAN

RURAL

 

(n = 1372)

(n = 906)

(n = 466)

Gender

n (%)

n (%)

N (%)

Male

660 (48.1)

441 (48.6)

219 (47.0)

Female

712 (51.9)

465 (51.3)

247 (53.0)

Age

   

18-34

431 (31.4)

290 (32.0)

141 (30.3)

35-44

378 (27.6)

240 (26.5)

136 (29.2)

45-54

256 (18.7)

163 (18.0)

93 (20.0)

55-64

152 (11.1)

106 (11.7)

46 (9.8)

65-75+

155 (11.3)

106 (11.7)

49 (10.5)

Residence

   

Rural

466 (34.0)

  

Urban

906 (66.0)

  

Income

   

Low

398 (29.0)

252 (27.8)

146 (31.3)

Medium

692 (50.4)

460 (50.7)

232 (49.7)

High

282 (20.6)

194 (21.4)

88 (18.8)

Education

   

Primary

355 (25.9)

230 (25.3)

125 (26.8)

Superior

819 (59.7)

550 (60.7)

269 (57.7)

University

198 (14.4)

126 (13.9)

72 (15.4)

Occupation

   

manual

805 (58.7)

469 (51.7)

336 (72.1)

Non manual

567 (41.3)

437 (48.2)

130 (27.9)

Ethnicity

   

Greeks

1042 (75.9)

649 (71.6)

393 (84.3)

Albanians

330 (24.1)

257 (28.3)

73 (15.6)

Physician of Insurance Funds*

   

Yes

297 (21.6)

192 (21.2)

105 (22.5)

No

1075 (78.4)

714 (78.8)

361 (77.5)

Private Practitioner

   

Yes

222 (16.2)

145 (16.0)

77 (16.5)

No

1150 (83.8)

761 (84.9)

389 (83.5)

Emergency Departments

   

Yes

375 (27.3)

264 (29.1)

110 (23.6)

No

998 (72.7)

778 (85.9)

356 (76.4)

Hospitals

   

Yes

187 (13.3)

128 (14.1)

58 (12.4)

No

1186 (86.4)

642 (70.9)

408 (87.6)

  1. PCS = Physical Component Score. MCS = Mental Component Score
  2. * In rural and semi-urban areas public primary care is provided by health centres.