Table 2

Distribution of the sociodemographic characteristics in the total sample and their association with hospitalisation rate, 2009

	Total sample		Hospitalisation				Age-adjusted
			No		Yes
	N	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	POR	95% CI
Total	2836	Per cent	1053	37.2	1781	62.8	POR	95% CI
Age
18−34	1264	44.6	624	49.4	639	50.6	1.00
35−49	816	28.8	301	36.9	515	63.1	1.67	1.39 to 2.00
50−64	461	16.3	101	22.0	359	78.0	3.47	2.77 to 4.44
≥65	295	10.3	27	9.2	268	90.8	9.69	6.43 to 14.01
Gender
Female	1504	53.0	618	41.1	884	58.9	1.00
Male	1332	47.0	435	32.7	897	67.3	1.45	1.23 to 1.70
Marital status
Single	995	35.1	475	47.8	519	52.2	1.00
Married	1621	57.2	537	33.1	1083	66.9	1.15	0.94 to 1.40
Divorced/widowed	218	7.7	39	17.9	179	82.1	1.33	0.87 to 2.03
Governorate
Beirut	309	10.9	137	44.3	172	55.7	1.00
Mount	1213	42.8	453	37.3	760	62.7	1.19	0.91 to 1.55
North	500	17.6	194	39.0	304	61.0	1.30	0.96 to 1.75
South	466	16.4	150	32.2	316	67.8	1.60	1.17 to 2.17
Bekaa	346	12.2	119	34.4	227	65.6	1.40	1.01 to 1.95
Education
Elementary or less	1260	44.4	372	29.5	887	70.5	1.00
Secondary or technical	736	26.0	297	40.4	438	59.6	0.87	0.71 to 1.07
University	840	29.6	384	45.7	456	54.3	0.80	0.66 to 0.98
Working status
No	1457	51.4	531	36.5	924	63.5	1.00
Yes	1378	48.6	521	37.8	857	62.2	1.18	1.01 to 1.39
Insurance type
None	1139	40.2	458	40.3	619	59.7	1.00
Private	499	17.6	200	40.1	299	59.9	1.09	0.87 to 1.37
Public NSSF	804	28.3	286	35.6	518	64.4	1.26	1.04 to 1.54
Governmental COOP/Military	394	13.9	109	27.7	285	72.3	1.59	1.23 to 2.07

COOP, the Cooperative of Civil Servants; NSSF, the National Social Security Fund; POR, prevalence OR adjusted for age.