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Table 2 Characteristics of the respondents who needed at least one type of health care service

From: Difficulties accessing health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: examining the intersectionality between immigrant status and visible minority status

 

Percentage

Health care services accessibility

 No issues in any service

38 (37, 38)

 Issues with one service

22 (22, 23)

 Issues with multiple services

40 (39, 41)

Visible minority immigrant status

 Non-visible minority native-born

71 (70, 71)

 Visible minority native-born

8 (8, 9)

 Non-visible minority immigrants

7 (7, 8)

 Visible minority immigrants

14 (13, 14)

Experience of discrimination

 No

70 (70, 71)

 Yes

30 (29, 30)

Trust towards health care system

 Great deal of trust

24 (23, 24)

 Fair amount of trust

40 (39, 41)

 Moderate amount trust

23 (22, 24)

 Little amount of trust

10 (9, 10)

 No trust at all

3 (3, 4)

Level of education

 No university

36 (35, 36)

 University

64 (64, 65)

Sex

 Male

47 (47, 48)

 Female

53 (52, 53)

Rural residence

 No

91 (91, 92)

 Yes

9 (8, 9)

Age of respondents

 15–34

25 (24, 26)

 35–44

13 (13, 14)

 45+

54 (53, 55)

 Unknown

8 (7, 8)

Marital status

 Married

63 (62, 64)

 Not married

37 (36, 38)

LGBTQ2

 No

86 (85, 86)

 Yes

14 (14, 15)

Indigenous identity

 No

97 (97, 97)

 Yes

3 (3, 3)

Living arrangement

 Living alone

17 (17, 18)

 Multiple persons, no children

54 (53, 54)

 Multiple persons, with children

29 (29, 30)

Sense of belonging to the community

 Very strong

28 (27, 29)

 Somewhat strong

41 (40, 41)

 Somewhat weak

24 (23, 24)

 Very weak

8 (7, 8)

Any health problem/long-term conditions

 No

49 (48, 50)

 Yes

51 (50, 52)

 Total

28,800

  1. Point estimates and 95% confidence intervals (in parentheses)