Table 4 |
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| Crude odds ratios for self-reported health status, lifestyle behaviours and health service utilisation for being a migrant (nraw = 1543) | |||
| Registered (n = 793) | Migrants (n = 750) | Migrant Status | |
| n (%) | n (%) | Crude OR (95% C.I.) | |
| Age-comparative perceived health status (better)1 | 311 (39.5) | 329 (44.9) | 1.00 (0.66, 1.52) |
| Smoking status - current smoker2 | 202 (25.5) | 239 (31.9) | 1.32** (1.04, 1.67) |
| Alcohol drinker pattern - regular drinker2 | 564 (71.1) | 547 (72.9) | 1.01 (0.80, 1.28) |
| Self-reported chronic health conditions 3 | 119 (15.0) | 63 (8.4) | 0.48*** (0.34, 0.67) |
| Health problem in previous 30 days3 | 155 (19.5) | 125 (16.7) | 0.83 (0.63, 1.10) |
| Doctor consultation in previous 30 days3 | 53 (6.7) | 37 (4.9) | 0.67 (0.43, 1.06) |
| Hospital admission in previous 12 months3 | 38 (4.8) | 22 (2.9) | 0.51* (0.29, 0.89) |
| Source of healthcare service utilitsation4 | |||
| Tier 1 (Community health centre and private clinics) | 128 (16.1) | 159 (21.2) | 1 |
| Tier 2 (Regional hospital) | 134 (16.9) | 159 (21.2) | 0.98 (0.69, 1.38) |
| Tier 3 (Municipal/ Provincial hospital) | 291 (36.7) | 168 (22.4) | 0.45*** (0.32, 0.61) |
Note: C.I. denotes lower and upper limit of 95% confidence interval.
1Age-comparative perceived health status was dichotomised (reference = worse).
2Smoking status and alcohol drinking pattern were dichotomised (reference = never smoker/drinker).
3Variables were dichotomised chronic health conditions (reference = absence of disease), health problems in previous 30 days (reference = none), doctor consultation in previous 30 days (reference = none), hospitalisation in previous 12 months (reference = none).
4Source of healthcare service utilisation was segregated into three tiers (Table 1) (reference = tier 1).
Statistical significance of p-values are denoted by * (p < 0.05), ** (p <0.01) & *** (p < 0.001).
Lam and Johnston BMC Public Health 2012 12:868 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-868
