Independant variables | Odds ratios | Confidence intervals(95 %) | p value | ||
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Age (Ref.: 65 and +) | 18-44 | 4.691 | 3.424 | 6.426 | < 0.000 |
45-64 | 2.821 | 2.085 | 3.817 | < 0.000 | |
Sex (Ref.: Male) | Female | 1.156 | 1.025 | 1.303 | 0.018 |
Language (Ref.: French) | English | 0.698 | 0.592 | 0.823 | < 0.000 |
Other | 0.758 | 0.619 | 0.929 | 0.007 | |
Education (Ref.: University) | Primary or less | 0.541 | 0.434 | 0.673 | < 0.000 |
Secondary and prof.schooling | 0.608 | 0.523 | 0.707 | < 0.000 | |
College | 0.812 | 0.697 | 0.945 | 0.007 | |
Occupation (Ref.: Employed) | Student | 1.033 | 0.855 | 1.249 | 0.733 |
Unemployed/social welfare | 0.604 | 0.446 | 0.818 | 0.001 | |
Inactive (retired/volunteer) | 0.612 | 0.491 | 0.763 | < 0.000 | |
Perceived poverty (Ref.: Wealthy) | Average | 0.718 | 0.591 | 0.873 | 0.001 |
Poor | 0.778 | 0.658 | 0.921 | 0.004 | |
Very poor | 1.293 | 0.883 | 1.892 | 0.186 | |
Perceived health (Ref.: Excellent) | Very good | 0.583 | 0.487 | 0.697 | < 0.000 |
Good | 0.685 | 0.591 | 0.793 | < 0.000 | |
Average | 1.519 | 1.273 | 1.813 | < 0.000 | |
Bad | 1.555 | 1.104 | 2.190 | 0.012 | |
Morbidity (Ref.: No reported health problem) | Isolated risk factor | 0.986 | 0.793 | 1.227 | 0.9000 |
Moderate morbidity | 1.915 | 1.651 | 2.222 | < 0.000 | |
Severe morbidity | 1.877 | 1.581 | 2.229 | < 0.000 | |
Co-morbidities | 2.727 | 1.880 | 3.955 | < 0.000 | |
Having a family doctor (Ref.: No) | Yes | 0.553 | 0.485 | 0.631 | < 0.000 |
Usual source of care (Ref.: No usual source of care n = 1272) | Solo provider | 1.023 | 0.781 | 1.340 | 0.877 |
Private group practice | 1.279 | 0.937 | 1.745 | 0.121 | |
Family medicine group | 1.151 | 0.834 | 1.588 | 0.393 | |
Local community health centre/Teaching unit | 1.232 | 0.974 | 1.558 | 0.082 | |
Specialised source of care | 1.486 | 1.031 | 2.144 | 0.034 | |
Emergency department | 1.333 | 0.992 | 1.790 | 0.056 |