Descriptive information and their association with healthcare-seeking behaviour of older people in slums of Khulna City
| Variables | f (%) | Care-seeking behaviour | Statistic χ2(df) | P value | Effect size | ||
| No (%) | Yes (%) | ||||||
| Age | |||||||
| ≤69 | 329 (51.7) | 202 (56.7) | 127 (45.4) | 9.059*(2) | 0.011** | 0.119**† | |
| 70–79 | 230 (36.2) | 119 (33.4) | 111 (39.6) | ||||
| ≥80 | 77 (12.1) | 35 (9.8) | 42 (15.0) | ||||
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 326 (51.3) | 172 (48.3) | 154 (55.0) | 2.543‡(1) | 0.111 | −0.066*§ | |
| Male | 310 (48.7) | 184 (51.7) | 126 (45.0) | ||||
| Education | |||||||
| No education | 458 (72.0) | 243 (68.3) | 215 (76.8) | 5.743*(2) | 0.057* | 0.095*† | |
| Primary | 143 (22.5) | 90 (25.3) | 53 (18.9) | ||||
| Secondary | 35 (5.5) | 23 (6.5) | 12 (4.3) | ||||
| Occupation | |||||||
| Skilled/semiskilled | 67 (10.5) | 34 (9.6) | 33 (11.8) | 2.217*(2) | 0.330 | 0.059† | |
| Menial services/unskilled | 230 (36.2) | 137 (38.5) | 93 (33.2) | ||||
| Physical disability/housewife | 339 (53.3) | 185 (52.0) | 154 (55.0) | ||||
| Monthly income (in BDT) | |||||||
| No income | 339 (53.3) | 185 (52.0) | 154 (55.0) | 6.181*(2) | 0.045** | 0.099**† | |
| ≤6000 | 246 (38.7) | 134 (37.6) | 112 (40.0) | ||||
| ≥6001 | 51 (8.0) | 37 (10.4) | 14 (5.0) | ||||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Divorced/separated | 43 (6.8) | 29 (8.1) | 14 (5.0) | 10.183*(2) | 0.006*** | 0.127***† | |
| Widow/widower | 231 (36.3) | 111 (31.2) | 120 (42.9) | ||||
| Married | 362 (56.9) | 216 (60.7)) | 146 (52.1) | ||||
| Social assistance | |||||||
| No | 473 (74.4) | 275 (77.2) | 198 (70.7) | 3.175‡(1) | 0.061* | 0.074*§ | |
| Yes | 163 (25.6) | 81 (22.8) | 82 (29.3) | ||||
| Membership in cooperatives | |||||||
| No | 550 (86.5) | 309 (86.8) | 241 (86.1) | 0.022‡(1) | 0.881 | 0.011§ | |
| Yes | 86 (13.5) | 47 (13.2) | 39 (13.9) | ||||
The number in the parentheses is the percentage.
***Significant at 0.01%; **Significant at 0.05%; *Significant at 0.10%.
*Pearson’s Χ2.
†Cramer’s V.
‡Yate’s continuity correction.
§φ.
BDT, Bangladeshi taka; f, frequency.