Table 2

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)
2013201420152018202020132014201520182020
No hardship0.7840.7720.7660.7690.8040.8220.8160.8250.8320.833
(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)0.2160.2280.2340.2310.1970.1780.1840.1750.1690.167
(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)0.1080.1190.1200.1300.1010.0960.0880.0880.1020.087
(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)0.1380.1440.1490.1600.1310.1030.1030.0980.1010.103
(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)0.1140.1230.1170.1180.1040.1010.1070.1000.0980.099
(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 hardship0.7840.7720.7660.7690.8040.8220.8160.8250.8320.833
(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)0.0380.0380.0390.0290.0300.0380.0440.0410.0230.034
(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)0.0550.0540.0600.0530.0500.0340.0390.0350.0310.034
(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)0.0210.0230.0250.0260.0190.0210.0210.0180.0210.017
(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)0.0140.0170.0150.0190.0160.0110.0140.0110.0130.012
(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)0.0180.0230.0210.0170.0170.0160.0160.0190.0230.013
(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)0.0270.0270.0330.0340.0240.0220.0180.0220.0190.017
(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)0.0420.0460.0410.0540.0410.0370.0330.0300.0390.041
(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)