Socio-spatial inequalities and the distribution of cash benefits to asthmatic children in Norway

Table 4 Physicians' everyday work setting, education, residence, social network and indicators of need-health condition

	Net sample (N = 1800)	Net sample minus Akershus (N = 1363)	Akershus (N = 437)
Regular source of care¹
Families using a private practice specialist as their regular doctor	31	18	71
Others	69	82	29
Total	100	100	100
Item non-response	(19)	(16)	(3)
Parents' educational background²
Both parents higher education	6	5	9
One parent higher education	16	15	18
Intermediate education	60	60	60
Both parents lower education	18	13	13
Total	100	100	100
Missing data or incomplete register observation	(91)	(70)	(21)
Social network and social participation
Membership in the Norwegian Association for Asthma and Allergy
Yes	50	51	47
No	50	49	53
Total	100	100	100
Item non-response	(9)	(6)	(3)
Participation in activities related to asthma arranged by patient organizations
Yes	36	39	29
No	64	61	71
Total	100	100	100
Item non-response	(17)	(11)	(6)
Social network Families with a close friend or relative who is a doctor
Yes	5	4	7
No	95	96	93
Total	100	100	100
Indicators of relative need or health condition
The parents' reports of their children's health
Very good	11	10	14
Good	51	50	50
Fair	32	33	30
Bad/Very bad	7	7	7
Total	101	100	100
Item non-response	(23)	(19)	(4)
Number of episodes of heavy breathing or wheezing in the chest during the previous 12 months
More than 12	25	27	18
4 to 12	51	51	49
1 to 3	21	19	28
None	3	3	5
Total	100	100	100
Item non-response	(14)	(11)	(3)
How many nights on average was the child's sleep interrupted because of cough during the previous 12 months?
1 or more nights per week	35	37	30
Less than one night per week	56	55	59
Never woke up because of cough	9	8	11
Total	100	100	100
Item non-response	(13)	(11)	(2)

^1'Others' include specialist at a hospital ward, general practitioner, or no regular source of care
²Higher education includes first stage of tertiary education and postgraduate education, code 7 and 8 in The Norwegian Standard Classification of Education [[26], p. 7–8]. Intermediate education includes code 3, 4 and 5. Lower education includes compulsory education, codes 1 and 2.
Characteristics of net sample. Data are presented as percent. (N).

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