Skip to main content

Table 3 Socio-demographic factors of respondents and perceived discrimination in health care (%, N = 1,875-2,201)

From: Perceived discrimination in health care in Germany– results of a population survey

 

Perceived discrimination due to…

 
 

Age

p*

Sex/ gender

p*

Racism1

p*

Socio-economic status2

p*

Disability/ health issues3

p*

At least one type of discrimination

p*

Age in years

18–40

41–59

60+

14.6

3.2

9.5

< 0.001

5.1

1.7

0.8

< 0.001

6.0

3.8

2.4

0.003

9.4

10.5

6.9

0.046

18.7

17.0

9.2

< 0.001

34.3

27.6

18.2

< 0.001

Sex

Male

Female

5.2

12.7

< 0.001

0.8

4.2

< 0.001

3.8

4.3

0.581

8.4

9.4

0.376

10.3

19.4

< 0.001

20.8

32.5

< 0.001

Migration background

No

1st generation

2nd generation

8.8

4.4

12.6

0.009

2.3

1.3

4.5

0.037

2.6

11.3

7.8

< 0.001

8.7

6.9

10.7

0.329

15.0

11.3

16.1

0.351

25.7

23.3

32.8

0.016

Income

1st quartile

2nd quartile

3rd quartile

4th quartile

7.4

10.1

9.1

9.5

0.529

2.1

2.6

2.9

2.9

0.869

2.5

5.4

3.5

4.4

0.146

6.1

7.3

7.5

14.0

< 0.001

10.4

13.3

17.0

19.3

0.001

21.2

25.7

26.8

33.8

< 0.001

Education

Highest

High

Intermediate

Low

9.6

12.0

9.0

7.9

0.186

3.9

6.0

2.0

0.5

< 0.001

4.1

5.4

3.1

4.7

0.262

7.4

9.8

9.0

10.4

0.393

11.5

11.5

15.4

19.6

< 0.001

24.6

27.8

26.4

29.5

0.307

  1. * Significance of Chi2-Test; 1migration, religion, language problems, skin colour; 2income, education, occupation; 3disability, overweight, mental illness, addiction