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Table 1 Description of respondents by income group (Low, Medium, High)

From: Equity of primary care service delivery for low income “sicker” adults across 10 OECD countries

Countries

Overall

Aus

Can

Fr

Ger

NT

NZ

NW

SW

UK

US

N

17,167

1,500

3,958

1,001

1,200

1,000

750

753

4,804

1,001

1,200

With income data (%)

83.1

82.8

80.9

87.4

71.5

74.4

85.3

90.7

87.7

83.1

81.0

# in the household (Mean, SD)

 Low

1.7 (1.1)

1.8 (1.0)

1.8 (1.1)

1.9 (1.3)

1.7 (1.0)

1.8 (1.2)

1.9 (1.3)

1.6 (0.8)

1.4 (0.8)

1.9 (1.5)

1.0 (1.5)

 Medium

2.5 (1.3)

2.6 (1.4)

2.6 (1.4)

2.7 (1.4)

2.5 (1.3)

2.4 (1.4)

2.7 (1.5)

2.1 (1.0)

2.2 (1.2)

2.9 (1.2)

2.4 (1.4)

 High

3.0 (1.4)

3.2 (1.1)

3.2 (1.4)

3.3 (1.4)

2.7 (1.3)

3.3 (1.6)

3.3 (1.4)

3.2 (1.4)

2.9 (1.3)

3.2 (1.2)

2.8 (1.9)

 Unknown

2.2 (1.3)

2.2 (1.3)

2.3 (1.4)

2.1 (1.1)

2.4 (1.3)

2.4 (1.6)

2.4 (1.3)

1.9 (1.0)

1.9 (1.1)

2.6 (1.3)

2.1 (1.4)

Age (years) (mean years, SD)

 Low

63.4 (16.7)

65.7 (13.4)

61.8 (16.3)

57.1 (18)

60.3 (18.1)

62.7 (18)

63.9 (15.1)

65 (13.3)

67 (16.9)

61.6 (16.7)

63.4 (16.8)

 Medium

55.4 (16.1)

54.3 ( 14.6)

53.2 (16.0)

51.7 (15.5)

52.9 (15.3)

58.1 (17.3)

53.2 (15.8)

60 (13.6)

57.8 (16.3)

49.6 (15.2)

61.0 (16.2)

 High

50.5 (13.0)

48.6 (11.8)

48.3 (12.1)

51.7 (13.9)

49.4 (13.1)

51.3 (14.5)

49.9 (10.7)

51 (12.9)

51.5 (13.4)

51.7 (12.3)

54.5 (14.8)

 Unknown

61.0 (18)

62.9 (16.7)

60.0 (17.3)

60.7 (19)

56.0 (18.0)

62.9 (18.7)

61.6 (15.5)

64.5 (18.0)

62.3 (18.4)

55.0 (19.4)

67.1 (16.6)

Female (%)

 Low

68.1

70.9

69.3

71.3

64.6

67.3

71.5

70.0

65.8

50.0

71.3

 Medium

55.4

58.7

62.0

61.8

63.1

51.4

65.0

45.4

47.7

51.0

66.2

 High

50.1

56.5

64.2

44.7

48.7

48.0

56.8

53.2

34.6

55.0

55.8

 Unknown

69.4

74.4

66.9

70.6

71.3

83.2

70.0

71.4

62.2

66.3

72.4

College/University (%)

 Low

17.5

14.1

21.0

9.3

43.3

9.4

39.6

2.8

13.9

5.5

19.5

 Medium

35.1

32.7

47.4

30.5

55.3

26.0

54.8

17.9

29.5

17.5

40.1

 High

61.8

58.8

69.7

65.8

63.4

68.0

73.2

36.5

55.0

75.0

73.1

 Unknown

28.4

24.3

39.3

14.6

31.6

15.0

51.5

8.7

23.1

23.0

31.0

Immigrant (%)

 Low

13.1

19.5

15.9

7.3

13.8

11.7

19.0

0.9

10.9

14.5

9.9

 Medium

12.4

17.5

16.7

9.5

14.4

8.1

23.5

3.8

9.2

14.4

8.9

 High

11.0

19.9

14.6

7.9

8.9

6.0

19.2

4.0

6.6

15.0

9.1

 Unknown

14.8

21.7

20.7

8.8

16.5

8.6

21.8

4.3

10.4

15.4

5.4

Self-reported health > Good (%)

 Low

48.0

52.9

46.3

41.3

32.6

35.2

65.8

32.7

61.2

37.3

35.8

 Medium

68.0

71.7

68.4

58.7

54.0

44.6

79.3

55.2

77.3

67.7

60.5

 High

82.1

82.4

79.7

65.8

66.4

64.0

88.7

80.2

88.0

80.0

81.7

 Unknown

59.1

62.6

61.1

39.7

52.6

40.2

67.3

43.5

71.6

61.5

56.4

# of Chronic Conditionsa (mean)

 Low

2.2 (1.5)

2.5 (1.4)

2.3 (1.6)

1.9 (1.5)

2.4 (1.6)

1.8 (1.4)

2.1 (1.4)

2.2 (1.5)

1.7 (1.3)

2.3 (1.7)

2.9 (1.7)

 Medium

1.4 (1.3)

1.7 (1.5)

1.5 (1.4)

1.4 (1.3)

1.6 (1.4)

1.4 (1.3)

1.3 (1.2)

1.6 (1.3)

1.2 (1.2)

1.3 (1.4)

2.2 (1.6)

 High

1 1 (1.2)

1.1 (1.2)

1.2 (1.3)

1 (1.1)

1.2 (1.1)

1.1 (1.1)

0.9 (1)

1 (0.9)

0.8 (1)

1.2 (1.5)

1.5 (1.3)

 Unknown

1.6 (1.4)

1.9 (1.5)

1.6 (1.4)

1.7 (1.4)

1.7 (1.4)

1.6 (1.3)

1.7 (1.4)

1.6 (1.4)

1.1 (1.2)

1.6 (1.6)

2.2 (1.6)

  1. Aus = Australia, Can = Canada, Fr = France, Ger = Germany, NT = Netherlands, NZ = New Zealand, NW = Norway, SW = Sweden, UK = United States
  2. aThe chronic conditions assessed were: Hypertension, Heart disease, Diabetes, Joint pain/Arthritis, Asthma/COPD/any other chronic lung problem, Depression/Anxiety/other mental health problem, Cancer, Chronic back pain