| Adjusted Odds Ratio | 95% Confidence Interval |
---|---|---|
Predisposing household characteristics | ||
   Household size |  |  |
One person | Ref | Â |
Two persons | 0.67 | (0.67, 0.68) |
Three or four persons | 0.72 | (0.71, 0.74) |
Five or more persons | 0.65 | (0.63, 0.67) |
   Household composition |  |  |
Without a female adult | Ref | Â |
With at least one adult female | 1.74 | (1.73, 1.76) |
Without children | Ref | Â |
With at least one child | 0.71 | (0.70, 0.72) |
Not single-parent | Ref | Â |
Single-parent | 1.56 | (1.53, 1.60) |
Enabling household characteristics | ||
   Private Insurance |  |  |
No | Ref | Â |
Yes | 1.18 | (1.17, 1.19) |
Household needs | ||
   Prescription drug expenditure (2002) |  |  |
None ($0) | Ref | Â |
Low (< $150) | 1.21 | (1.20, 1.23) |
Medium ($150-500) | 1.45 | (1.43, 1.47) |
High ($500-1000) | 1.89 | (1.86, 1.92) |
Catastrophic (> $1000) | 3.72 | (3.66, 3.79) |
   Total ADGs |  |  |
Zero | Ref | Â |
One | 1.44 | (1.42, 1.46) |
Two | 1.59 | (1.56, 1.61) |
Three | 1.71 | (1.68, 1.73) |
Four or more | 2.10 | (2.07, 2.12) |
Local area characteristics | ||
   Recent immigrant concentration |  |  |
Average/low | Ref | Â |
High | 0.97 | (0.95, 0.98) |
   Ethnic concentration |  |  |
British Isles | Ref | Â |
Other European | 0.99 | (0.98, 1.00) |
North American | 0.99 | (0.98, 1.00) |
Chinese | 1.21 | (1.19, 1.23) |
South Asian | 1.19 | (1.16, 1.22) |
Other Asian | 1.07 | (1.04, 1.10) |
Aboriginal | 0.78 | (0.74, 0.82) |
French | 0.92 | (0.84, 1.01) |
No ethnic concentration | 1.07 | (1.04, 1.10) |
   Ethnic composition/diversity |  |  |
Heterogeneous | Ref | Â |
Homogeneous | 1.12 | (1.08, 1.15) |