Table 2 Health status
From: Differences in health care seeking behaviour between rural and urban communities in South Africa
|  | Urban (N = 125) | Rural (N = 81) | χ 2 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Mean±SD (range) or N (%) |  |  | |||
Rated health in general |  |  | 2.8±1.51 (1-5) |  | 6.052 | 0.049 |
|  | 3.3±1.39 (1-5) |  |  |  |  | |
Ill during one or more days in the last thirty days | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2.572 | 0.276 |
· Agree | 59 | (47.2) | 32 | (39.5) |  |  |
· Disagree | 66 | (52.8) | 49 | (60.5) |  |  |
Severity of illness | 6.7±2.93 (1-10) | 5.1±2.21 (1–10) | 22.711 | 0.007 | ||
Helpfulness action to feel better | Â | Â | Â | Â | 9.435 | 0.024 |
· Disagree | 2 | (3.9) | 7 | (25.0) |  |  |
· Agree | 47 | (92.2) | 21 | (75.0) |  |  |
· A little | 2 | (3.9) | 0 | (0.0) |  |  |