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Table 3 Descriptive Information for Independent Variables

From: The influence of gender and other patient characteristics on health care-seeking behaviour: a QUALICOPC study

 

Total

Women

Men

 

Independent Variable

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Range

Age

53.33

16.50

51.48

16.80

56.97

15.23

19–100

Illness prevention

3.69

0.75

3.72

0.75

3.64

0.75

1–5a

Health maintenance

3.45

0.95

3.42

0.97

3.50

0.92

1–5a

Trust in physicians

3.62

0.51

3.61

0.52

3.64

0.51

1–4a

Chronic conditions

0.56

0.50

0.53

0.50

0.62

0.49

0 or 1b

  1. a Higher values indicate greater levels of the independent variable
  2. b 0 = no; 1 = yes