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Table 1 Sample-weighted descriptives of the participants in FinMonik surveya

From: A multisource approach to health care use: concordance between register and self-reported physician visits in the foreign-born population in Finland

Variable

Groups

N (raw)

%

Self-reported visits (mean)

Registered visits (mean)

Genderb

Female

2431

50.6

2,1

0,6

Male

1963

49,4

1,3

0,3

Ageb

18–29

1011

24.6

1,3

0,4

30–49

2463

57.6

1,7

0,4

50–64

920

17.8

2,1

0,5

Occupationc

Work

2100

57.4

1,6

0,5

Studies

611

18.4

2,1

0,4

Other

802

24.3

1,6

0,4

Catchment areab

Central Finland

617

9.7

1,6

0,4

Eastern Finland

852

8.4

1,5

0,5

Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS)

816

54

1,8

0,3

Northern Finland

849

6.1

1,3

0,7

Southern Finland (Other than HUS)

609

8.2

1,3

1,1

Western Finland

651

13.5

1,9

0,5

Hypertension or heart disease diagnosisc

No

3644

89,5

1,6

0,4

Yes

471

10.5

2,1

0,7

Astma diagnosisc

No

3821

94,1

1,5

0,4

Yes

208

5.9

3,6

0,7

Diabetes diagnosisc

No

3849

95,6

1,4

0,4

Yes

179

4.4

5,4

1,0

Mental health diagnosisc

No

3897

88.3

1,5

0,4

One diagnosis

362

8.5

2,4

0,7

More than one diagnoses

135

3.2

4,6

1,3

Chronic conditionc

No

2874

68,8

1,2

0,4

Yes

1483

31.2

2,7

0,6

Region of originb

East Asia

213

5.5

0,8

0,2

Estonia

401

11

1,5

0,4

Latin America

122

4.3

1,7

0,4

Middle East and North-Africa

587

14.5

2,9

0,7

Rest of Africa

211

7.6

2,2

0,5

Rest of Europe. North-America and Oceania

869

20.2

1,4

0,4

Russia and Soviet Union

1352

22

1,3

0,5

South and Central Asia

213

6.5

1,4

0,2

Southeast Asia

426

8.4

1,8

0,3

Reason for migrationc

Asylum or international protection

482

11.8

2,7

0,8

Being Ingrian Finn or returnee

427

8.2

1,5

0,4

Family reasons

2009

44.2

1,8

0,5

Own job

862

21.4

1,5

0,3

Own studies

552

14.4

1,0

0,2

Visits to occupational healthcare and/or private physicianc

No

2314

57,7

1,0

0,4

Yes

1482

42.3

2,0

0,3

Ability to workc

Able

3727

88

1,4

0,4

Completely unable

92

1.8

3,5

0,9

Partly unable

540

10.2

7,6

1,6

  1. aThe prevalences are calculated from the survey participants for whom information on self-reported physician visits was available and linked to registers
  2. bInformation obtained from registers
  3. cSelf-reported in survey