Potential and actual access to FPs, by sociodemographic characteristics, place of residence, and chronic health condition (Ontario, 2008): N = 8052.
| POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS | TOTAL, % | POTENTIAL ACCESS | ACTUAL ACCESS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOSE WHO HAVE REGULAR FPs, % | P VALUE* | THOSE WHO HAD A NEED TO SEE AN FP, % | THOSE WHO SAW AN FP,† % | THOSE WITH MET NEEDS,‡ % | P VALUE* | ||
| Total | 100.0 | 93.0 | 39.3 | 24.8 | 63.1 | ||
| Gender | < .001 | .32 | |||||
| • Male | 49.0 | 91.8 | 34.3 | 22.0 | 64.1 | ||
| • Female | 51.0 | 94.2 | 44.1 | 27.5 | 62.3 | ||
| Age, y | < .001 | < .001 | |||||
| • 16–34 | 31.7 | 91.1 | 43.7 | 23.4 | 53.5 | ||
| • 35–64 | 52.1 | 93.2 | 39.0 | 25.5 | 65.4 | ||
| • ≥ 65 | 16.2 | 96.2 | 31.6 | 25.2 | 79.7 | ||
| Marital status | < .001 | < .001 | |||||
| • Married | 63.9 | 93.8 | 38.7 | 25.2 | 65.1 | ||
| • Other | 36.1 | 91.5 | 40.2 | 24.0 | 59.7 | ||
| Education | .50 | .24 | |||||
| • < Bachelor degree | 69.5 | 93.1 | 39.0 | 24.3 | 62.3 | ||
| • ≥ Bachelor degree | 30.5 | 92.7 | 40.0 | 25.8 | 64.5 | ||
| Employment | .05 | < .001 | |||||
| • Employed | 61.9 | 92.6 | 39.5 | 24.1 | 61.0 | ||
| • Other | 38.1 | 93.7 | 38.8 | 25.8 | 66.5 | ||
| Income (2007) | < .001 | .16 | |||||
| • < $30 000 | 17.0 | 89.9 | 39.8 | 24.0 | 60.3 | ||
| • Other | 83.0 | 93.6 | 39.2 | 24.9 | 63.5 | ||
| Immigrant status | < .001 | .03 | |||||
| • Recent immigrants (< 10 y in Canada) | 4.6 | 91.4 | 45.3 | 25.3 | 55.8 | ||
| • Established immigrants (≥10 y in Canada) | 19.9 | 95.2 | 39.6 | 24.1 | 60.9 | ||
| • Nonimmigrants | 75.5 | 92.5 | 38.8 | 25.0 | 64.4 | ||
| Chronic condition | < .001 | .97 | |||||
| • No chronic condition | 45.5 | 92.1 | 35.5 | 22.4 | 63.1 | ||
| • Chronic condition | 54.5 | 93.8 | 42.4 | 26.8 | 63.2 | ||
| Place of residence | < .001 | .02 | |||||
| • Southern-urban | 71.7 | 93.6 | 39.6 | 25.4 | 64.1 | ||
| • Southern-rural | 21.2 | 93.0 | 39.4 | 24.9 | 63.2 | ||
| • Northern-urban | 3.8 | 88.0 | 36.1 | 19.4 | 53.7 | ||
| • Northern-rural | 3.2 | 86.2 | 34.7 | 17.2 | 49.6 | ||
↵* Significance between groups according to sociodemographic characteristics, place of residence, and chronic health condition based on χ2 test.
↵† Those who saw an FP without any problems of accessing one.
↵‡ Percentage of those with met needs calculated by the following: percentage of those who saw an FP/percentage of those who had a need to see an FP.