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Table 1 Distribution of the native-born and immigrant population by different categories of the variables of analysis. Spain, 2009 and 2014

From: Erosion of universal health coverage and trend in the frequency of physician consultations in Spain

Variables

2009

2014

 

Natives

Immigrants

p value*

Natives

Immigrants

p value*

Number of subjects

16,913

3104

 

17,610

2907

 

Age (years)

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 16–24

12.2

16.4

 

12.3

15.4

 

 25–34

19.1

34.4

 

15.8

25.3

 

 35–44

21.1

26.6

 

21.3

28.5

 

 45–54

19.5

12.9

 

20.4

18.3

 

 55–64

15.8

6.1

 

16.7

8.3

 

 65–74

12.3

3.6

 

13.5

4.2

 

Sex

  

0.0198

  

< 0.001

 Women

50.4

48.1

 

50.5

45.6

 

 Men

49.6

51.9

 

49.5

54.4

 

Income

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 High

22.3

13.6

 

23.5

9.9

 

 Medium-high

19.1

18.3

 

22.1

18.4

 

 Medium-low

19.4

20.2

 

17.8

20.7

 

 Low

20.6

30.4

 

16.3

29.5

 

Missing

18.6

17.5

 

20.3

21.5

 

Educational level

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Tertiary

25.0

23.3

 

20.7

16.7

 

 Upper secondary

22.2

33.9

 

29.4

36.0

 

 Lower secondary

19.4

21.1

 

25.4

23.9

 

 Elementary

33.4

21.7

 

24.5

23.4

 

Self-reported health

  

< 0.001

  

0.1554

 Fair/poor/very poor

22.6

16.7

 

25.1

23.9

 

 Very good/good

77.4

83.3

 

74.9

76.1

 

Any long-term health problem

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Yes

50.2

32.2

 

57.6

47.4

 

 No

49.8

67.8

 

42.4

52.6

 
  1. *p value of the chi square of heterogeneity