Table 3 Healthcare users’ characteristics
Total number of interviewees | 35 |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Males | 15 |
 Females | 20 |
Marital status | |
 Married | 16 |
 Divorced | 4 |
 Widowed | 5 |
 Single | 4 |
 In a relationship | 2 |
 Not known | 4 |
Religion | |
 Muslim | 14 |
 Christian | 9 |
 Agnostic | 2 |
 Atheist | 1 |
 Not relevant | 6 |
 No religion | 3 |
Employment | |
 Employed | 17 |
 Retired | 6 |
 Stay at home | 3 |
 Student | 3 |
 On sick leave | 2 |
 Unemployed | 4 |
Countries of birth | |
 Ukraine | 1 |
 Chile | 2 |
 Indonesia | 1 |
 Iran | 2 |
 Iraq | 2 |
 Sudan | 2 |
 Kenya | 1 |
 Somalia | 4 |
 Inkerinmaa (Finland) | 1 |
 Lebanon | 1 |
 Palestine | 2 |
 Syria | 3 |
 Sweden | 13 |
Age in years | |
 20–30 | 7 |
 31–41 | 7 |
 42–52 | 5 |
 53–63 | 6 |
 64–74 | 5 |
 75–85 | 4 |
 86–96 | 1 |
Health concerns | |
 Uterine Myoma | 1 |
 Diabetes | 4 |
 Hypertonia | 2 |
 Heart failure | 2 |
 Other heart problems | 3 |
 Mental illness | 7 |
 Missing tooth | 1 |
 Hand injury | 1 |
 Arthritis | 1 |
 Epilepsy | 1 |
 Hypothyroidism | 1 |
 Fibromyalgia | 1 |
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1 |
 Haemorrhoids | 1 |
 Rheumatism | 2 |
 Lung embolism | 1 |
 Asthma | 3 |
 Dental caries | 1 |
 Impaired kidney function | 1 |
 Chronic pain | 4 |
 Allergies | 1 |
 Eye condition | 1 |
 Irritable bowel syndrome | 1 |
 Multiple sclerosis | 1 |
Languages spoken | |
 Swedish | 32 |
 Finnish | 1 |
 English | 20 |
 Greek | 1 |
 Italian | 1 |
 Indonesian | 1 |
 Hindi | 1 |
 Chinese | 1 |
 Arabic | 7 |
 Kurdish | 2 |
 German | 3 |
 Persian | 2 |
 Swahili | 2 |
 Tigrigna | 2 |
 Amharic | 1 |
 Somali | 4 |
 Kikuyu | 1 |
 Russian | 3 |
 Ukrainian | 1 |
 Spanish | 3 |
 German | 2 |
 French | 3 |
 Norwegian | 1 |
 Dutch | 1 |
 Italian | 1 |