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Table 1 Gender differences in demographic variables (n = 4936)

From: The role of gender in the active attitude toward treatment and health among older patients in primary health care—self-assessed health status and sociodemographic factors as moderators

 

Category

Female

Male

Chi2(Kramer’s V)

p

(n = 2864)

(n = 2072)

N

%

N

%

Age groups

50–65

847a

29.6

682b

33.1

10.05 (0.045)

65–74

1176a

41.1

835a

40.5

p = 0.018

75–84

723a

25.3

457b

22.2

 

85+

112a

3.9

89a

4.3

 

Health

Very good

53a

1.9

44a

2.1

15.42 (0.056)

Good

578a

20.2

512b

24.7

p = 0.004

Average

1717a

60.0

1168b

56.4

 

Poor

468a

16.3

313a

15.1

 

Very poor

48a

1.7

35a

1.7

 

Education

Less than secondary

1204a

42.0

846a

40.8

0.76 (0.012)

Secondary

1200a

41.9

890a

43.0

p = 0.685

Higher

460a

16.1

336a

16.2

 

Marital status

Single

148a

5.2

101a

4.9

56.57(0.107)

Marriage

1580a

55.2

1284b

62.0

p < 0.001

Divorced

171a

6.0

180b

8.7

 

Widowed

965a

33.7

507b

24.5

 

Financial status

Poor

89a

3.1

43b

2.1

13.74 (0.053)

Rather poor

533a

18.6

339b

16.4

p = 0.008

Average

1603a

56.0

1232a

59.6

 

Rather good

535a

18.7

365a

17.6

 

Good

104a

3.6

93a

4.5

 
  1. Lower indexes indicate the results of Z-test: every letter represents the subcategory of gender for which the column proportions do not differ significantly on the level of 0.05