Table 3 Economic wellbeing of the confirmatory and non-confirmatory groups.
Variables | Confirmatory? | Total | Pearson Chi2 | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||
Economic status | ||||||||
Upper class | 207 | 21.50% | 57 | 21.80% | 264 | 21.60% | 0.95 | 0.623 |
Middle class | 373 | 38.80% | 93 | 35.60% | 466 | 38.10% | ||
Lower class | 382 | 39.70% | 111 | 42.50% | 493 | 40.30% | ||
Gone without enough food to eat | ||||||||
Often | 24 | 2.50% | 20 | 7.60% | 44 | 3.60% | 22.13 | 0.0001 |
Sometimes | 98 | 10.20% | 40 | 15.20% | 138 | 11.20% | ||
Rarely | 225 | 23.30% | 57 | 21.60% | 282 | 23.00% | ||
Never | 617 | 64.00% | 147 | 55.70% | 764 | 62.20% | ||
Gone without needed medicine or treatment | ||||||||
Often | 28 | 2.90% | 17 | 6.40% | 45 | 3.70% | 9.12 | 0.0277 |
Sometimes | 140 | 14.50% | 34 | 12.90% | 174 | 14.20% | ||
Rarely | 170 | 17.60% | 54 | 20.50% | 224 | 18.20% | ||
Never | 627 | 65.00% | 159 | 60.20% | 786 | 64.00% | ||
Gone without a cash income | ||||||||
Often | 46 | 4.80% | 26 | 9.80% | 72 | 5.90% | 12.53 | 0.0058 |
Sometimes | 192 | 19.90% | 55 | 20.80% | 247 | 20.10% | ||
Rarely | 264 | 27.40% | 78 | 29.50% | 342 | 27.90% | ||
Never | 462 | 47.90% | 105 | 39.80% | 567 | 46.20% | ||
Gone without a safe shelter over your head | ||||||||
Often | 12 | 1.20% | 7 | 2.70% | 19 | 1.60% | 4.08 | 0.258 |
Sometimes | 44 | 4.60% | 16 | 6.10% | 60 | 4.90% | ||
Rarely | 116 | 12.10% | 28 | 10.60% | 144 | 11.80% | ||
Never | 790 | 82.10% | 212 | 80.60% | 1,002 | 81.80% | ||
