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Table 1 Distributions of sociodemographic variables by the type of usual source of care in the 2012 Korean Health Panel

From: Having a usual source of care and its associated factors in Korean adults: a cross-sectional study of the 2012 Korea Health Panel Survey

 

Place as a USC

 

Physician as a USC

  

Have (%)

Does not have (%)

 

Have (%)

Does not have (%)

 

Total

2,918 (21.5)

9,017 (78.5)

P

1,909 (13.9)

10,026 (86.1)

P

11,935 (100)

Age

18–34

174 (7.8)

2,180 (92.2)

<0.001

87 (3.8)

2,267 (96.2)

<0.001

2,354 (100)

35–49

575 (15.9)

3,051 (84.1)

386 (10.7)

3,240 (89.3)

3,626 (100)

50–64

889 (28.7)

2,156 (71.4)

590 (18.7)

2,455 (81.3)

3,045 (100)

65 –

1,280 (44.6)

1,630 (55.4)

846 (30.0)

2,064 (70.0)

2,910 (100)

Sex

Male

1,199 (18.3)

4,380 (81.7)

<0.001

771 (11.5)

4,808 (88.5)

<0.001

5,579 (100)

Female

1,719 (24.5)

4,637 (75.5)

1,138 (16.2)

5,218 (83.8)

6,356 (100)

Marital status

Married

2,229 (24.5)

6,064 (75.5)

<0.001

1,471 (16.0)

6,822 (84,0)

<0.001

8,293 (100)

Divorced/separated/widowed

525 (34.8)

926 (65.2)

349 (23.8)

1,102 (76.2)

1,451 (100)

Unmarried

164 (7.5)

2,027 (92.5)

89 (4.1)

2,102 (95.9)

2,191 (100)

Education

(unit: year)

0–6

1,014 (39.2)

1,535 (60.8)

<0.001

664 (26.2)

1,885 (73.8)

<0.001

2,549 (100)

7–12

1,281 (23.2)

3,811 (76.8)

861 (15.5)

4,231 (84.5)

5,092 (100)

13 –

623 (13.5)

3,671 (86.5)

384 (8.0)

3,910 (92.0)

4,294 (100)

Household income

(unit: quintile)

(missing = 13)

First (lowest)

739 (39.2)

1,033 (60.8)

<0.001

499 (25.6)

1,273 (73.4)

<0.001

1,772 (100)

Second

553 (21.9)

1,711 (78.1)

378 (15.5)

1,886 (84.5)

2,264 (100)

Third

582 (19.9)

1,973 (80.1)

388 (13.3)

2,167 (86.7)

2,555 (100)

Fourth

532 (19.1)

2,094 (80.9)

327 (11.7)

2,299 (88.3)

2,626 (100)

Fifth (highest)

509 (17.1)

2,196 (82.9)

314 (10.0)

2,391 (90.0)

2,705 (100)

Type of health insurance

(missing = 64)

Employee

1,857 (20.4)

6,085 (79.6)

<0.001

1,193 (12.8)

6,749 (87.2)

<0.001

7,942 (100)

Self-employment

806 (21.3)

2,623 (78.7)

547 (14.6)

2,882 (85.4)

3,429 (100)

Medical Aid

221 (41.3)

279 (58.7)

153 (28.8)

347 (71.2)

500 (100)

Chronic disease

Presence

2,576 (33.1)

4,737 (66.9)

<0.001

1,715 (22.1)

5,598 (77.9)

<0.001

7,313 (100)

Absence

342 (7.3)

4,280 (92.7)

194 (4.0)

4,428 (96.0)

4,622 (100)

  1. Chi-square test. USC, usual source of care. Population-based cross-sectional weights were applied to percentages