The impact of primary healthcare reform on equity of utilization of services in the province of Quebec: a 2003–2010 follow-up

Table 2 Characteristics of respondents (2005: n = 9206; 2010: n = 9180) (weighted samples)

Subject characteristics		2005 (%)	2010 (%)	p (Chi-2)
Sex	M	48.5	48.7	.783
Age	18-29	20.6	19.7	.031
	30-44	28.4	27.2
	45-64	33.5	34.6
	65+	17.5	18.5
Level of education	<Secondary	15.8	12.5	<.001
	Secondary	32.5	30.1
	College	24.2	20.8
	University	27.5	36.7
SES^a	Very low	11.4	10.0	<.001
	Low	32.8	30.9
	High	29.9	32.6
	Very high	25.9	26.5
Immigrant status	Born in Canada	80.5	79.5	.261
	Has immigrated <10 years	6.3	6.6
	Has immigrated ≥10 years	13.2	13.9
Morbidity	None	49.5	48.5	.096
	≥1 risk factor^b	16.8	18.0
	1 chr. disease^c	25.6	25.9
	≥2 chr. diseases	8.2	7.6
Perceived Health	Poor or average	16.3	14.6	.001
	Good	28.4	29.7
	Very good	34.7	34.0
	Excellent	20.5	21.8

^aSocio-economic status
^bWithout chronic disease. Cardiovascular risk factors: hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia
^cWith/without risk factor. Chronic diseases: asthma/COPD/other respiratory illness, CAD/heart failure/other cardiac illness, arthritis, stroke

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