Table 1 Factors examined with regards to History of having organised Professional Interpreters
Explanatory variables | Organised Interpreters | Adj. OR | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Total | |||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
274 (55.0) | 224 (45.0) | 498 | |||
Type of primary care provider | |||||
Family doctor | 176 (62.2) | 107 (37.8) | 283 (56.9) | 1 | |
Paediatrician | 97 (45.3) | 117 (54.7) | 214 (43.1) | 1.41 (0.84–2.36) | 0.19 |
Frequency of allophone consultations | |||||
≥ 1x/year < 1 mo. | 95 (69.9) | 41 (30.2) | 136 (27.3) | 1 | |
≥ 1x/mo. < 1/week | 101 (53.4) | 88 (46.6) | 189 (37.6) | 2.12 (1.14–3.97) | 0.02 |
≥ 1x/week | 78 (45.1) | 95 (54.9) | 173 (34.7) | 2.99 (1.60–5.60) | 0.001 |
Sex | |||||
Male | 130 (57.5) | 96 (42.5) | 226 (47.9) | 1 | |
Female | 134 (54.5) | 112 (45.5) | 246 (52.1) | 1.04 (0.63–1.72) | 0.87 |
Location | |||||
City | 117 (53.2) | 103 (46.8) | 200 (46.0) | 1 | |
Peri-urban | 83 (59.7) | 56 (40.3) | 139 (29.1) | 0.59 (0.32–1.06) | 0.08 |
Rural | 68 (57.1) | 51 (42.9) | 119 (24.9) | 1.04 (0.57–1.90) | 0.89 |
Source of Finance known | |||||
No | 183 (64.0) | 130 (36.0) | 286 (81.0) | 1 | |
Yes | 12 (17.9) | 55 (82.1) | 67 (18.98) | 6.62 (3.23–13.58) | < 0.001 |