Table 3 Characteristics by care seeking decision and odds of care seeking among Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanona
Syrian refugees | Lebanese host community | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Sought care | Did not seek care | p-value | Odds of care seeking | Overall | Sought care | Did not seek care | p-value | Odds of care seeking | |||
Crude OR | Adjusted OR | Crude OR | Adjusted OR | |||||||||
(n = 1079) | (n = 895) | (n = 184) | (95 % CI)b | (95 % CI)c | (n = 717) | (n = 701) | (n = 16) | (95 % CI)b | (95 % CI)c | |||
Chronic condition | ||||||||||||
Hypertension | 26.1 % | 25.5 % | 29.3 % | 0.009 | Reference | Reference | 32.9 % | 33.1 % | 25.0 % | 0.001 | Reference | Reference |
Cardiovascular disease | 13.8 % | 13.7 % | 14.1 % | 1.12 (0.67–1.88) | 1.13 (0.67–1.92) | 19.0 % | 19.1 % | 12.5 % | 1.16 (0.20–6.55) | 1.17 (0.21–6.56) | ||
Diabetes | 12.6 % | 13.4 % | 8.7 % | 1.78 (1.00–3.16) | 1.65 (0.93–2.93) | 20.1 % | 20.0 % | 25.0 % | 0.60 (0.14–2.55) | 0.59 (0.14–2.55) | ||
Chronic Pulmonary disease | 20.4 % | 21.9 % | 13.0 % | 1.93 (1.11–3.63) | 1.90 (1.09–3.31) | 11.6 % | 11.0 % | 37.5 % | 0.22 (0.07–0.73) | 0.21 (0.06–0.70) | ||
Arthritis | 27.1 % | 25.5 % | 34.8 % | 0.84 (0.56–1.26) | 0.84 (0.55–1.26) | 16.5 % | 16.8 % | 0 % | --- | --- | ||
Region of residence | ||||||||||||
Beirut/Mt. Lebanon | 25.7 % | 25.4 % | 27.2 % | 0.617 | Reference | 31.7 % | 31.1 % | 56.2 % | 0.095 | Reference | Reference | |
Bekaa | 34.4 % | 34.0 % | 36.4 % | 1.00 (0.62–1.61) | 33.1 % | 33.2 % | 25.0 % | 2.40 (0.73–7.88) | 2.54 (0.79–8.19) | |||
North | 39.9 % | 40.7 % | 36.4 % | 1.20 (0.76–1.89) | 35.3 % | 35.7 % | 18.8 % | 3.44 (0.89–13.32) | 3.5 (0.89–13.92) | |||
Household characteristics | ||||||||||||
Crowding (5+ / sleeping room) | 44.9 % | 45.0 % | 44.5 % | 0.920 | 1.02 (0.71–1.47) | 8.7 % | 8.9 % | 0 % | 0.277 | --- | --- | |
Household head education (Highest level completed) | ||||||||||||
None | 18.4 % | 18.7 % | 16.8 % | 0.018 | Reference | Reference | 19.2 % | 19.4 % | 12.5 % | 0.486 | Reference | --- |
Primary | 38.1 % | 39.9 % | 29.3 % | 1.23 (0.72–2.10) | 1.19 (0.69–2.03) | 30.0 % | 30.2 % | 18.8 % | 1.04 (0.16–6.76) | --- | ||
Preparatory | 29.4 % | 29.1 % | 31.0 % | 0.85 (0.47–1.53) | 0.82 (0.45–1.49) | 23.3 % | 23.0 % | 37.5 % | 0.39 (0.08–1.98) | --- | ||
Secondary or higher | 14.2 % | 12.4 % | 22.8 % | 0.49 (0.24–1.00) | 0.51 (0.25–1.04) | 27.5 % | 27.4 % | 31.2 % | 0.56 (0.09–3.54) | --- | ||
Socioeconomic quartile (based on monthly expenditures) | ||||||||||||
Bottom | 19.9 % | 19.1 % | 23.9 % | 0.545 | Reference | 21.5 % | 21.4 % | 25.0 % | 0.743 | Reference | --- | |
2nd | 23.5 % | 23.2 % | 25.0 % | 1.16 (0.70–1.93) | 22.5 % | 22.7 % | 12.5 % | 2.12 (0.39–11.61) | --- | |||
3rd | 23.0 % | 23.5 % | 20.7 % | 1.42 (0.76–2.67) | 26.4 % | 26.4 % | 25.0 % | 1.23 (0.26–5.76) | --- | |||
Top | 33.5 % | 34.2 % | 30.4 % | 1.41 (0.81–2.45) | 29.7 % | 29.5 % | 37.5 % | 0.92 (0.32–2.63) | --- | |||
Year of arrival in Lebanon | ||||||||||||
2011–2012 | 45.5 % | 47.3 % | 36.4 % | 0.023 | Reference | Reference | ||||||
2013–2014 | 54.5 % | 52.7 % | 63.6 % | 0.64 (0.43–0.94) | 0.67 (0.45–0.98) | |||||||
Assistance receivedd | ||||||||||||
Cash | 4.1 % | 4.0 % | 4.3 % | 0.898 | 1.08 (0.31–3.79) | |||||||
Food voucher | 73.2 % | 73.3 % | 72.8 % | 0.136 | 0.86 (0.60–1.25) | |||||||
Non-food voucher | 20.0 % | 19.8 % | 21.2 % | 0.700 | 1.09 (0.70–1.71) | |||||||
Non-food items | 11.7 % | 11.4 % | 13.0 % | 0.546 | 1.17 (0.70–1.93) | |||||||