Non-western immigrants' satisfaction with the general practitioners' services in Oslo, Norway

Table 2 The degree of satisfaction (% of participants) with the last visit to a general practitioner

	The Oslo Health Study									The Oslo Immigrant Health Study
	Norway				Non-western countries
	Satisfaction				Satisfaction						Satisfaction
	Very	Mod.	Not	N	Very	Mod.	Not	N	P*	Very	Mod.	Not	N	P*
Gender
Women	64.9	31.5	3.6	5057	45.1	46.2	8.6	370	<0.001	34.4	53.1	12.5	561	Not sign.
Men	60.2	35.2	4.6	4014	36.3	50.5	13.1	388	<0.001	36.1	52.0	11.9	596
Age**
Young	55.3	39.5	5.2	5242	39.4	49.4	11.1	619	<0.001	35.4	51.2	13.3	914	0.04
Old	73.1	24.4	2.5	3829	46.0	43.9	10.1	139	<0.001	34.6	57.6	7.8	243
Own health***
Not good	59.7	34.8	5.5	1964	29.9	55.9	14.1	311	<0.001	27.3	55.0	17.8	484	<0.001
Acceptable	63.8	32.6	3.6	7003	47.9	43.3	8.7	436	<0.001	41.6	50.4	8.1	645
Income-producing work
Full time	58.0	37.4	4.6	5495	42.8	46.0	11.3	435	<0.001	37.9	51.6	10.5	607	0.02
Part time	64.8	32.7	2.5	921	35.4	54.9	9.8	82	<0.001	33.5	56.7	9.8	154
Not working	62.0	32.2	5.7	950	33.9	54.2	11.9	177	<0.001	31.8	51.5	16.7	359
Translation
Yes					34.3	56.3	9.4	128		30.6	56.6	12.8	258	Not sign.
No					37.2	51.6	11.2	250		35.6	53.1	11.3	399
Not relevant****					37.5	50.2	12.3	269		38.0	49.1	12.9	466

* Significance testing (Chi Square): The Oslo Health Study: Comparison between Norwegians and non-western participants. The Oslo Immigrant Health Study: Comparison between the different categories.
** Old = born before 1955, Young = born in 1955 or later.
*** Own health: In the table the answers "poor" and "not very good" are included in the category "not good", and the answers "good" and "very good" are included in the category "acceptable".
**** Translation: The categories "yes usually" and "sometimes" are included in the category "yes". The category "have not been to a doctor in Norway" is excluded.

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