Research Article

Facilitators and Barriers to Health-Seeking Behaviours among Filipino Migrants: Inductive Analysis to Inform Health Promotion

Table 1

Demographic and health characteristics of study participants ().

Characteristicsn (%)

Age, mean (SD) years, (range: 18–91)44 (13.74)
Sex: female, n (%)316 (67)
Country of birth: Philippines, n (%)445 (95)
Duration of stay in Australia, mean (SD) years, (range: 0–42)18.23 (9.5)
Educational attainment: tertiary level or higher, n (%)363 (77)
Language spoken at home: speaks both Filipino and English, n (%)383 (81)
In paid employment: yes, n (%)365 (78)
Self-rated health: good or excellent, n (%)292 (73)
One or more chronic disease(s): yes, n (%)232 (42)
Body mass index (BMI): overweight or obese, n (%)142 (35)
Smoker: yes, n (%)174 (33)
Alcohol intake: more than 2 standard drinks a week, n (%)65 (16)
High fibre diet, sometimes to never, n (%) 171 (42)
Exercise, sometimes to never, n (%)278 (68)
Mammogram screening in female participants, 50 years or over, no, n (%)58 (47)
Pap smear in female participants, 18 years or over, no, n (%)125 (57)

*numbers in brackets are percentages except for age and duration of stay in Australian which are standard deviations.