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Table 2 Adjusted odds ratios of non-senior households' likelihood of registering for Fair PharmaCare during 2003

From: Registration for public drug benefits across areas of differing ethnic composition in British Columbia, Canada

 

Adjusted Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Predisposing household characteristics

   Household size

  

One person

Ref

 

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

 

With at least one adult female

1.74

(1.73, 1.76)

Without children

Ref

 

With at least one child

0.71

(0.70, 0.72)

Not single-parent

Ref

 

Single-parent

1.56

(1.53, 1.60)

Enabling household characteristics

   Private Insurance

  

No

Ref

 

Yes

1.18

(1.17, 1.19)

Household needs

   Prescription drug expenditure (2002)

  

None ($0)

Ref

 

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

 

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

 

High

0.97

(0.95, 0.98)

   Ethnic concentration

  

British Isles

Ref

 

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

 

Homogeneous

1.12

(1.08, 1.15)