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Who Joins the BDA?
Author(s) -
Robinson N.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1990.tb01384.x
Subject(s) - medicine , joins , programming language , computer science
A comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics was made between a random sample of members and non‐members of the British Diabetic Association (BDA) of working age (17–65 years) who responded to a questionnaire concerning their employment. There were large regional variations in BDA membership, but overall 27 % of responders were BDA members. Of the responders, BDA members were more likely to be women than men (30 vs 25 %, p = 0.04) and under rather than over the age of 36 years (38 vs 21 %, p < 0.001). A greater proportion of insulin‐treated patients with diabetes were BDA members compared with patients who were not treated with insulin (37 vs 13%, p < 0.001). Unemployment was significantly less amongst BDA members compared with non‐members (12 vs 20%, p < 0.001). Membership decreased with decreasing social status, with significantly more house‐owners being BDA members compared with those living in rented accommodation (31 vs 23 %, p < 0.001).