Table 4

Information on voting rights collected by registered physicians for medical assessment (n=114)

RegionParis area*Rural†TotalP values
Voting capacity‡61/64 (95.3%)50/51 (98%)111/113 (98%)0.6282 (Fisher)
Knowledge of political affairs57/64 (90.5%)46/51 (90.2%)103/114 (90%)1 (Fisher)
Wish to vote52/63 (82.6%)47/51 (92.2%)99/114 (87%)0.1681 (Fisher)
Previous voting39/63 (61.9%)45/51 (88.2%)84/114 (74%)0.0015 (χ2)
Risk of vote being hijacked23/64 (35.9%)29/51 (56.9%)52/114 (46%)0.025 (χ2)
On electoral roll19/63 (30.2%)21/51 (41.2%)40/114 (35%)0.2203 (χ2)
With or without proxy vote13/63 (20.6%)18/51 (35.3%)31/114 (27%)0.0803 (χ2)
Other8/63 (12.7%)13/51 (25.5%)21/114 (18%)0.0798 (χ2)
  • *Paris area (Ile-de-France): Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val de Marne.

  • †Rural: Aveyron, Cantal, Côte d’Armour, Creuse, Gers, Haute-Loire, Lot, Lozère, Mayenne, Orne.

  • ‡No missing data except for voting capacity (n=1).