Research Article
Development of a Tool to Identify Poverty in a Family Practice Setting: A Pilot Study
| | 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%) |
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