Estimated proportions (with 95% CI) of respondents reporting economic hardship, by type of hardship (going short of medications, going short of physician visits, going short of food) and overlap between different types of hardship
Women (n=79 326) | Men (n=59 998) | |||||||||
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2018 | 2020 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2018 | 2020 | |
No hardship | 0.784 | 0.772 | 0.766 | 0.769 | 0.804 | 0.822 | 0.816 | 0.825 | 0.832 | 0.833 |
(0.778 to 0.789) | (0.763 to 0.781) | (0.757 to 0.775) | (0.755 to 0.782) | (0.794 to 0.813) | (0.816 to 0.828) | (0.805 to 0.826) | (0.815 to 0.835) | (0.816 to 0.846) | (0.822 to 0.845) | |
At least one type (medication and/or physician, and/or food) | 0.216 | 0.228 | 0.234 | 0.231 | 0.197 | 0.178 | 0.184 | 0.175 | 0.169 | 0.167 |
(0.211 to 0.222) | (0.219 to 0.237) | (0.225 to 0.243) | (0.218 to 0.245) | (0.187 to 0.206) | (0.172 to 0.184) | (0.174 to 0.195) | (0.166 to 0.185) | (0.154 to 0.184) | (0.156 to 0.178) | |
Total proportions of respondents with different types of hardship without considering overlap | ||||||||||
Going short of medications (with or without other types) | 0.108 | 0.119 | 0.120 | 0.130 | 0.101 | 0.096 | 0.088 | 0.088 | 0.102 | 0.087 |
(0.104 to 0.113) | (0.112 to 0.126) | (0.113 to 0.127) | (0.120 to 0.142) | (0.094 to 0.109) | (0.091 to 0.101) | (0.080 to 0.096) | (0.081 to 0.096) | (0.091 to 0.115) | (0.079 to 0.096) | |
Going short of physician visits (with or without other types) | 0.138 | 0.144 | 0.149 | 0.160 | 0.131 | 0.103 | 0.103 | 0.098 | 0.101 | 0.103 |
(0.134 to 0.143) | (0.137 to 0.152) | (0.142 to 0.157) | (0.147 to 0.172) | (0.123 to 0.139) | (0.098 to 0.108) | (0.095 to 0.111) | (0.091 to 0.106) | (0.090 to 0.113) | (0.094 to 0.113) | |
Going short of food (with or without other types) | 0.114 | 0.123 | 0.117 | 0.118 | 0.104 | 0.101 | 0.107 | 0.100 | 0.098 | 0.099 |
(0.109 to 0.118) | (0.116 to 0.131) | (0.110 to 0.124) | (0.107 to 0.130) | (0.097 to 0.112) | (0.096 to 0.106) | (0.098 to 0.116) | (0.092 to 0.109) | (0.086 to 0.110) | (0.090 to 0.109) | |
All combinations of hardship types and their overlap | ||||||||||
No hardship | 0.784 | 0.772 | 0.766 | 0.769 | 0.804 | 0.822 | 0.816 | 0.825 | 0.832 | 0.833 |
(0.778 to 0.789) | (0.763 to 0.781) | (0.757 to 0.775) | (0.755 to 0.782) | (0.794 to 0.813) | (0.816 to 0.828) | (0.805 to 0.826) | (0.815 to 0.835) | (0.816 to 0.846) | (0.822 to 0.845) | |
Food only (not medications, not physician) | 0.038 | 0.038 | 0.039 | 0.029 | 0.030 | 0.038 | 0.044 | 0.041 | 0.023 | 0.034 |
(0.036 to 0.041) | (0.034 to 0.042) | (0.035 to 0.044) | (0.024 to 0.035) | (0.026 to 0.035) | (0.034 to 0.041) | (0.038 to 0.050) | (0.035 to 0.046) | (0.018 to 0.029) | (0.028 to 0.040) | |
Physician only (not medications, not food) | 0.055 | 0.054 | 0.060 | 0.053 | 0.050 | 0.034 | 0.039 | 0.035 | 0.031 | 0.034 |
(0.052 to 0.058) | (0.050 to 0.059) | (0.055 to 0.065) | (0.047 to 0.061) | (0.045 to 0.055) | (0.031 to 0.037) | (0.034 to 0.044) | (0.031 to 0.040) | (0.025 to 0.038) | (0.029 to 0.040) | |
Medications only (not food, not physician) | 0.021 | 0.023 | 0.025 | 0.026 | 0.019 | 0.021 | 0.021 | 0.018 | 0.021 | 0.017 |
(0.019 to 0.023) | (0.020 to 0.026) | (0.022 to 0.028) | (0.022 to 0.031) | (0.016 to 0.022) | (0.019 to 0.024) | (0.018 to 0.025) | (0.015 to 0.021) | (0.017 to 0.027) | (0.013 to 0.021) | |
Food and physician (not medications) | 0.014 | 0.017 | 0.015 | 0.019 | 0.016 | 0.011 | 0.014 | 0.011 | 0.013 | 0.012 |
(0.013 to 0.016) | (0.014 to 0.020) | (0.013 to 0.018) | (0.014 to 0.025) | (0.013 to 0.020) | (0.009 to 0.013) | (0.011 to 0.018) | (0.008 to 0.014) | (0.009 to 0.018) | (0.009 to 0.016) | |
Food and medications (not physician) | 0.018 | 0.023 | 0.021 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 0.019 | 0.023 | 0.013 |
(0.017 to 0.020) | (0.020 to 0.027) | (0.018 to 0.025) | (0.014 to 0.021) | (0.014 to 0.021) | (0.014 to 0.019) | (0.013 to 0.020) | (0.015 to 0.023) | (0.017 to 0.032) | (0.010 to 0.017) | |
Physician and medications (not food) | 0.027 | 0.027 | 0.033 | 0.034 | 0.024 | 0.022 | 0.018 | 0.022 | 0.019 | 0.017 |
(0.025 to 0.029) | (0.024 to 0.031) | (0.029 to 0.037) | (0.028 to 0.041) | (0.021 to 0.028) | (0.020 to 0.025) | (0.015 to 0.021) | (0.019 to 0.026) | (0.015 to 0.024) | (0.014 to 0.021) | |
All three types of hardship (food and medication and physician) | 0.042 | 0.046 | 0.041 | 0.054 | 0.041 | 0.037 | 0.033 | 0.030 | 0.039 | 0.041 |
(0.040 to 0.045) | (0.041 to 0.051) | (0.037 to 0.046) | (0.046 to 0.062) | (0.036 to 0.047) | (0.033 to 0.040) | (0.028 to 0.038) | (0.026 to 0.035) | (0.032 to 0.046) | (0.035 to 0.047) |