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Selection of study sample from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2015–16.
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Sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of private drug insurance coverage among respondents to the Canadian Community Health Survey
Characteristic No. of respondents
n = 97 008Weighted proportion of total population, % Weighted, proportion with, private drug, insurance, % Estimated, proportion with, private drug, insurance, % Annual household income, $ < 20 000 8762 6.6 2.2 19.8 20 000–39 999 17 553 14.3 7.1 29.5 40 000–59 999 16 128 15.0 12.3 49.0 60 000–79 999 13 435 14.3 14.5 60.4 ≥ 80 000 41 130 49.8 63.8 76.2 Sex Male 44 867 49.3 49.9 60.1 Female 52 141 50.7 50.1 58.8 Age, yr 12–17 7522 7.1 8.4 71.0 18–24 6012 9.7 8.8 54.5 25–34 12 672 16.5 18.0 64.8 35–44 12 538 15.0 18.3 72.7 45–54 13 972 17.0 20.4 71.7 55–64 17 186 16.2 17.4 63.8 65–74 16 039 11.6 5.9 30.2 ≥ 75 11 067 7.0 2.6 21.8 Ethnicity White 85 891 78.0 80.1 61.0 Nonwhite (Aboriginal/other visible minority) 11 117 22.0 19.9 53.8 Education Less than secondary school graduation 21 144 17.8 14.2 47.6 Secondary school graduation, no postsecondary education 20 784 21.7 19.8 54.3 Postsecondary certificate diploma/university degree 55 080 60.6 66.0 64.7 Province British Columbia 12 741 13.1 12.5 56.8 Alberta 11 933 11.6 13.4 68.4 Saskatchewan 3988 2.9 3.1 63.9 Manitoba 4504 3.2 3.5 64.7 Ontario 29 513 38.7 38.2 58.7 Quebec 21 285 23.7 22.1 55.4 New Brunswick 3007 2.1 2.3 65.4 Nova Scotia 4347 2.7 2.9 62.6 Prince Edward Island 1695 0.4 0.4 61.1 Newfoundland and Labrador 2680 1.4 1.5 62.1 Yukon Territory 725 0.1 0.1 49.1 Northwest Territories 444 0.1 0.1 62.1 Nunavut 146 0.0 0.0 77.3 No. of chronic conditions 0 41 234 49.1 53.9 65.3 1 24 892 25.3 25.7 60.4 ≥ 2 30 882 25.6 20.3 47.2 Citizenship Landed immigrant/nonpermanent resident 15 913 26.0 22.9 52.3 Nonimmigrant (Canadian born) 81 095 74.0 77.1 62.0 - Table 2:
Unadjusted and multivariate parameter estimates from a modified Poisson model estimating the association of sociodemographic characteristics with private drug insurance coverage
Variable Prevalence ratio (95% CI) Unadjusted Adjusted Annual household income, $ 20 000–39 999 1.49 (1.36–1.64) 1.55 (1.41–1.70) 40 000–59 999 2.48 (2.26–2.71) 2.36 (2.16–2.58) 60 000–79 999 3.05 (2.79–3.34) 2.75 (2.52–3.00) ≥ 80 000 3.85 (3.53–4.20) 3.22 (2.95–3.51) < 20 000 1 1 Sex Female 0.98 (0.96–0.99) 1.03 (1.01–1.04) Male 1 1 Age, yr 18–24 0.77 (0.73–0.80) 0.66 (0.63–0.70) 25–34 0.91 (0.88–0.94) 0.75 (0.71–0.78) 35–44 1.02 (0.99–1.06) 0.81 (0.77–0.84) 45–54 1.01 (0.98–1.04) 0.80 (0.76–0.83) 55–64 0.90 (0.87–0.93) 0.75 (0.72–0.78) 65–74 0.43 (0.41–0.44) 0.40 (0.38–0.43) ≥ 75 0.31 (0.29–0.33) 0.33 (0.31–0.36) 12–17 1 1 Ethnicity Nonwhite (Aboriginal/other visible minority) 0.88 (0.86–0.91) 0.90 (0.87–0.93) White 1 1 Education Postsecondary certificate diploma/university degree 1.36 (1.33–1.40) 1.29 (1.24–1.34) Secondary school graduation, no postsecondary education 1.14 (1.11–1.18) 1.19 (1.14–1.24) Less than secondary school graduation 1 1 Province British Columbia 0.97 (0.94–1.00) 0.99 (0.96–1.01) Alberta 1.16 (1.14–1.19) 1.05 (1.03–1.08) Saskatchewan 1.09 (1.05–1.13) 1.03 (0.99–1.06) Manitoba 1.10 (1.06–1.14) 1.09 (1.05–1.13) Quebec 0.94 (0.92–0.97) 0.96 (0.94–0.99) New Brunswick 1.11 (1.07–1.16) 1.15 (1.11–1.20) Nova Scotia 1.07 (1.03–1.11) 1.09 (1.06–1.13) Prince Edward Island 1.04 (0.99–1.10) 1.08 (1.03–1.13) Newfoundland and Labrador 1.06 (1.01–1.11) 1.08 (1.04–1.13) Yukon Territory 0.84 (0.76–0.92) 0.74 (0.67–0.81) Northwest Territories 1.06 (0.96–1.17) 0.82 (0.74–0.91) Nunavut 1.32 (1.18–1.47) 0.98 (0.88–1.08) Ontario 1 1 No. of chronic conditions 1 0.92 (0.91–0.94) 1.00 (0.98–1.02) ≥ 2 0.72 (0.71–0.74) 0.96 (0.94–0.98) 0 1 1 Citizenship Nonimmigrant (Canadian born) 1.19 (1.15–1.22) 1.05 (1.02–1.09) Landed immigrant/nonpermanent resident 1 1 Note: CI = confidence interval.
Annual household income, $ Age, yr; prevalence ratio (95% CI) 12–17 18–24 25–64 ≥ 65 20 000–39 999 1.23 (0.94–1.61) 1.06 (0.88–1.28) 1.84 (1.60–2.12) 1.96 (1.59–2.43) 40 000–59 999 1.79 (1.41–2.29) 1.18 (0.99–1.41) 2.92 (2.55–3.34) 3.34 (2.70–4.13) 60 000–79 999 2.20 (1.73–2.79) 1.28 (1.07–1.52) 3.40 (2.97–3.89) 3.99 (3.21–4.96) ≥ 80 000 2.58 (2.05–3.24) 1.57 (1.36–1.81) 4.02 (3.52–4.59) 4.51 (3.64–5.59) < 20 000 1 1 1 1 Note: CI = confidence interval.
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