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Table 2 Patient socio-economic characteristics

From: Younger adult type 2 diabetic patients have poorer glycaemic control: a cross-sectional study in a primary care setting in Singapore

Characteristics

HbA1c ≤ 8.0%

HbA1c > 8%

Total

p-value

 

(n = 513)

(n = 175)

(n = 688)

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

Occupation

    

Retired

198 (38.6)

42 (24.0)

240 (34.9)

0.001

Employed

160 (31.2)

78 (44.6)

238 (34.6)

 

Unemployed

17 (3.3)

9 (5.1)

26 (3.8)

 

Housewife

123 (24.0)

44 (25.1)

167 (24.3)

 

Others

15 (2.9)

2 (1.1)

17 (2.5)

 

Housing type

    

Public housing 1–2 rooms

46 (9.1)

43 (7.4)

59 (8.7)

<0.001

Public housing 3 rooms

94 (18.5)

62 (35.4)

156 (22.9)

 

Public housing 4 rooms

176 (34.7)

53 (30.3)

229 (33.6)

 

Public housing 5 rooms or EC

152 (30.0)

30 (17.1)

182 (26.7)

 

Private condominium / Landed property

39 (7.7)

17 (9.7)

56 (8.2)

 

Household income

    

SGD < $1000

115 (22.8)

34 (19.7)

149 (22.0)

0.333

SGD $1000-$1999

72 (14.3)

32 (18.5)

104 (15.3)

 

SGD $2000-$3999

82 (16.2)

35 (20.2)

117 (17.3)

 

SGD $4000-$5999

35 (6.9)

15 (8.7)

50 (7.4)

 

SGD ≥ $6000

39 (7.7)

9 (5.2)

48 (7.1)

 

Refuse to disclose/Unknown

162 (32.1)

48 (27.8)

210 (31.0)

 

Highest education

    

No formal education

156 (30.7)

50 (28.7)

206 (30.2)

0.792

Primary (PSLE)

142 (27.9)

53 (30.5)

195 (28.6)

 

Secondary (O/N level)

130 (25.5)

43 (24.7)

173 (25.3)

 

Post-secondary (A level)

25 (4.9)

5 (2.9)

30 (4.4)

 

Post-secondary (ITE/NTC)

9 (1.8)

3 (1.7)

12 (1.8)

 

Tertiary (Diploma/Degree)

47 (9.2)

20 (11.5)

67 (9.8)

 
  1. P-value from Chi-square test; deviation from the grand total is due to missing data.