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Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics and frequency of doctor’s visits of the participants (n = 880)

From: Associated factors of doctor visits made by urban-dwelling older adults in Sri Lanka: an application of Anderson’s model of health service utilization

Covariates

n %

Frequency of doctor visits /year

P

None

n %

1 to 5 times

n %

6 to 11 times

n %

12 or more

n %

Total

880

247 (28.1)

153 (17.4)

66 (7.5)

414 (47.0)

 

Age (years)

 60–69

437 (49.7)

135 (30.9)

84 (19.2)

24 (5.5)

194 (44.4)

.012

 70–79

387 (44.0)

88 (22.7)

62 (16.0)

40 (10.4)

197 (50.9)

 

 80 and over

56 (6.3)

24 (42.9)

7 (12.5)

2 (3.5)

23 (41.1)

 

Gender

 Male

220 (25.0)

65 (29.5)

55 (25.0)

26 (11.8)

74 (33.6)

.000

 Female

660 (75.0)

182 (27.6)

98 (14.8)

40 (6.2)

340 (51.5)

 

Marital status

 Married

544 (61.8)

156 (28.7)

93 (17.1)

38 (7.0)

257 (47.2)

.852

 Unmarried/widow/Separated

336 (38.2)

91(27.1)

60 (17.9)

28 (8.3)

157 (46.7)

 

Education

 Primary education

116 (13.2)

40 (34.5)

14 (12.1)

2 (1.7)

60 (51.7)

.000

 Secondary education

675 (76.7)

189 (28.0)

112 (16.6)

53 (7.9)

321 (47.6)

 

 Tertiary education

89 (10.1)

18 (20.2)

27 (30.3)

11 (12.4)

33 (37.1)

 

Family income

 Low income

556 (63.2)

162 (29.1)

96 (17.3)

37 (6.7)

261 (46.9)

.211

 Middle income

196 (22.3)

45 (23.0)

41 (20.9)

20 (10.2)

90 (45.9)

 

 High income

128 (14.5)

40 (31.3)

16 (12.5)

9 (7.0)

63 (49.2)

 

SRH

 Very good/good

286 (32.5)

114 (39.9)

38 (13.3)

16 (5.6)

118 (41.2)

.001

 Fair

394 (44.8)

111 (28.2)

91 (23.1)

38 (9.6)

154 (39.1)

 

 Poor

200 (22.7)

22 (11.0)

24 (12.0)

12 (6.0)

142 (71.0)

 

Number of Medical conditions

 None

27 (3.1)

8 (29.6)

2 (7.4)

5 (18.5)

12 (44.5)

.124

 1–2

330 (37.5)

89 (27.0)

62 (18.8)

17 (5.2)

162 (49.0)

 

  ≤ − 3

523 (59.4)

150 (28.7)

89 (17.0)

44 (8.4)

240 (45.9)

 

Physical activity

 Active

700 (79.5)

177 (25.3)

138 (19.7)

54 (7.7)

331 (47.3)

.000

 Inactive

180 (20.5)

70 (38.9)

15 (8.3)

12 (6.7)

83 (46.1)

 
  1. P from Pearson’s Chi square