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- Figure 1. Questions about income
- Figure 2. Responses to income questions. Responders are those who responded to both parts of the question. Non-responders answered ‘don’t know’, ‘prefer not to answer’, or left a question blank.
Tables
- Table 1. Test of association between responding to two-part income question and sociodemographic characteristics of patients
Characteristic Responders, n = 10 441, n (%)a Non-responders, n = 3806, n (%)a P valueb Sex P< 0.0001 Male 4435 (42) 1252 (33) Female (reference) 5738 (55) 2133 (56) Otherc 98 (1) 30 (1) Missing 170 (2) 391 (10) Age, years P< 0.0001 <10 99 (1) 98 (3) 10–19 78 (1) 125 (3) 20–29 1294 (12) 625 (16) 30–39 2704 (26) 757 (20) 40–49 2117 (20) 618 (16) 50–59 1944 (19) 661 (17) 60–69 1327 (13) 494 (13) ≥70 878 (8) 428 (11) Median (IQR) 44 (34–57) 44 (31–59) P = 0.01 Language (spoken) English (reference) 9764 (94) 3382 (89) P< 0.0001 Other 624 (6) 316 (8) Missing 53 (1) 108 (3) Immigration status P< 0.0001 Born outside Canada 4193 (40) 1689 (44) Canadian born (reference) 6167 (59) 1677 (44) Missing 81 (1) 440 (12) Housing status P< 0.0001 Own home (reference) 4301 (41) 1173 (31) Rent 4846 (46) 1300 (34) Other 935 (9) 359 (9) Missing 359 (3) 974 (26) Ethnic group P< 0.0001 White (reference) 6128 (59) 1414 (37) Non-White 3901 (37) 1636 (43) Missing 412 (4) 756 (20) Sexual orientation P< 0.0001 Heterosexual (reference) 8173 (78) 2611 (69) Gay, bisexual, lesbian, queer, two-spirit, or other 1777 (17) 345 (9) Missing 491 (5) 850 (22) Mental health Severe mental illnessd 296 (3) 107 (3) P = 0.99 Neighbourhood income quintilee Q1 (reference) 2469 (28) 1041 (32) P< 0.0001 Q2 1458 (17) 543 (17) Q3 1379 (16) 493 (15) Q4 1399 (16) 417 (13) Q5 2114 (24) 717 (22) aUnless otherwise stated. bχ2 for categorical and Mann-Whitney U Test for continuous variables (age) as age data not normally distributed; bold indicates statistically significant. cIncludes trans-FTM (female to male), trans-MTF (male to female), intersex, ‘other‘, and those who selected multiple sex terms. dIncludes patients with a bill submitted that includes the diagnostic code for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis, paranoia, or psychosis not otherwise specified. eFor participants with a valid postal code (n = 8819 responders, n = 3211 non-responders), linkable to 2006 Census data on income. IQR = interquartile range. Q = quintile.
Covariate Characteristic AOR (CI) P valuea Sex Female 0.79 (0.72 to 0.87) < 0.001 Otherb 0.92 (0.54 to 1.56) 0.762 Prefer not to answer, do not know, or missing 0.51 (0.39 to 0.66) < 0.001 Male (reference) 1.0 n/a Age, years <10 versus 30–39 0.51 (0.36 to 0.74) < 0.001 10–19 versus 30–39 0.22 (0.15 to 0.31) < 0.001 20–29 versus 30–39 0.53 (0.46 to 0.62) < 0.001 40–49 versus 30–39 0.97 (0.84 to 1.12) 0.659 50–59 versus 30–39 0.84 (0.73 to 0.98) 0.022 60–69 versus 30–39 0.78 (0.67 to 0.92) 0.003 ≥70 versus 30–39 0.66 (0.56 to 0.79) < 0.001 Housing status Renting versus own home 1.15 (1.03 to 1.28) 0.013 Other versus own home 0.86 (0.73 to 1.01) 0.067 Prefer not to answer, do not know, missing versus own home 0.18 (0.15 to 0.21) < 0.001 Ethnic group Non-White versus White 0.62 (0.56 to 0.68) < 0.001 Prefer not to answer, do not know, or missing versus White 0.29 (0.25 to 0.34) < 0.001 Sexual orientation Gay, bisexual, lesbian, queer, two-spirit, or other versus heterosexual 1.42 (1.23 to 1.65) < 0.001 Prefer not to answer, do not know, or missing versus heterosexual 0.37 (0.32 to 0.43) < 0.001 Income quintile Q2 versus Q1 1.06 (0.92 to 1.22) 0.392 Q3 versus Q1 1.04 (0.91 to 1.2) 0.554 Q4 versus Q1 1.14 (0.98 to 1.32) 0.091 Q5 versus Q1 0.98 (0.86 to 1.12) 0.752 aBold indicates statistically significant. bIncludes trans-FTM (female to male), trans-MTF (male to female), intersex, ‘other‘, and those who selected multiple sex terms. Q = quintile. n/a = not applicable.
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