Development of a Tool to Identify Poverty in a Family Practice Setting: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Demographics.

	Above LICO; no. (%)	Below LICO; no. (%)	Total valid no.
Overall	94 (65.0%)	51 (35.0%)	145
Above LIM	90 (98.9%)	1 (1.1%)	91 (62.7%)
Below LIM	4 (7.4%)	50 (92.6%)	54 (37.2%)
Male	35 (37.6%)	27 (54.0%)	68 (43.6%)
Female	58 (62.4%)	22 (44.0%)	84 (53.8%)
Rural	52 (76.5%)	16 (23.5%)	68 (47.5%)
Urban	40 (53.3%)	35 (46.7%)	75 (52.4%)
Married/; common law	62 (66.7%)	8 (15.7%)	73 (47.4%)
Sep/divorced/; widow/single	31 (33.3%)	43 (84.3%)	24 (15.6%)
Aboriginal	9 (9.8%)	5 (10.4%)	14 (9.3%)
High school	38 (41.3%)	23 (46.9%)	66 (43.7%)
College/; university	49 (53.3%)	25 (51.0%)	76 (50.3)
Has extra insurance	72 (77.4%)	33 (64.7%)	105 (72.9%)
Owns phone	90 (96.8%)	27 (52.9%)	117 (81.3%)
No phone	3 (3.2%)	23 (45.1%)	26 (18.1%)