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Table 3 Sign and significance (+ and - meaning p <0.10; ++ and - - meaning p <0.05; +++ and - - - meaning p <0.01) of effects of marital status on the chance of purchasing medicine in 2004-2008, the chance of starting to purchase medicine 2005-2008, and the chance of continuing with the medicine purchases 2005-2008

From: Underuse of medication for circulatory disorders among unmarried women and men in Norway?

  

Men Never-married

Widowed

Divorced/separated

Women Never-married

Widowed

Divorced/separated

Panel A: Purchase of medicine in 2004-2008 (signs as in estimates in Table  2 )

Coronary and peripheral vascular diseases, antiplatelet

 

- - -

  

- - -

+ + +

+ + +

Coronary and peripheral vascular diseases, anticoagulant

 

- - -

+

+ +

- - -

+ + +

+ + +

Hypertension

  

+ + +

- - -

-

+ + +

- - -

Hyperlipedemia

 

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

Anti-arrhythmic cardiac diseases

  

+ +

+ +

 

+ + +

+ +

IHD/Angina

 

- - -

  

- - -

+ + +

+ + +

Congestive heart failure/hypertension

 

- - -

+ + +

- - -

- - -

+ + +

 

Other IHD/hypertension

 

- - -

+ + +

- - -

- - -

+ + +

- - -

Panel B: Starting and continuing purchase of medicine 2005-2008 a

Coronary and peripheral vascular diseases, antiplatelet

Start

- - -

 

+ + +

- - -

+ + +

+ + +

Continuation

+ +

  

+ + +

 

+ + +

Coronary and peripheral vascular diseases, anticoagulant

Start

- - -

 

+ + +

 

+ + +

+ + +

Continuation

  

- - -

+

  

Hypertension

Start

 

+ + +

 

-

+ +

-

Continuation

+ + +

 

- - -

+ +

 

- - -

Hyperlipedemia

Start

- - -

  

- - -

- -

-

Continuation

- - -

- - -

- - -

 

- - -

- - -

Anti-arrhythmic cardiac diseases

Start

 

+ + +

+ + +

 

+ + +

+ + +

Continuation

+ + +

 

- -

   

IHD/Angina

Start

- - -

  

- - -

+ + +

+ + +

Continuation

+ + +

  

+ + +

+

 

Congestive heart failure/hypertension

Start

- - -

+ + +

+ + +

 

+ + +

+ +

Continuation

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

Other IHD/hypertension

Start

- - -

+ + +

+ + +

- - -

+ + +

+ +

 

Continuation

 

- - -

- - -

  

- - -

  1. aDiscrete-time hazard models are estimated. The models also include age (in five-year groups), year (in one-year groups), and educational level (in five categories).