Table 3.

Female frequent attenders and infrequent attenders: functional social relations, structure of social relations and sociodemography.

	Infrequent (n = 487)		Frequent (n = 613)
Women (n = 1111)	n	P (%)	n	P (%)	PD (%)a	CI	P-value	PRb	CI	P-value	Adjusted PRc	CI	P-value
Meet friends less than twice a month	203	40.4	240	39.4	−1.1	−6.8 to 4.6	0.695	0.98	0.88 to 1.09	0.696	0.92	0.82 to 1.02	0.116
Cannot expect help from others if I get ill	141	28.1	208	34.2	7.6	0.9 to 14.2	0.025	1.14	1.02 to 1.28	0.023	0.99	0.88 to 1.11	0.839
I am sometimes/often alone	82	16.3	186	30.5	18.9	12.5 to 25.4	<0.001	1.37	1.23 to 1.53	<0.001	1.10	0.98 to 1.24	0.096
Have no friends to confide in if I have problems	69	13.7	114	18.7	9.0	1.6 to 16.5	0.018	1.17	1.03 to 1.32	0.014	1.01	0.88 to 1.14	0.927
Single, divorced or widowed	111	22.1	150	24.6	3.8	−3.8 to 11.5	0.327	1.07	0.94 to 1.23	0.321	0.98	0.87 to 1.10	0.693
No adults in the household besides the patient	102	20.3	141	23.2	4.6	−3.1 to 12.2	0.242	1.08	0.95 to 1.24	0.237	0.99	0.88 to 1.12	0.875
No professional education	92	18.3	181	29.7	14.4	7.8 to 20.9	<0.001	1.28	1.14 to 1.43	<0.001	1.12	1.01 to 1.25	0.039
Unemployed, on disability pension or sick leave	95	18.9	226	37.1	22.7	17.3 to 28.2	<0.001	1.46	1.32 to 1.62	<0.001	1.14	1.02 to 1.29	0.024

For footnote explanations, see Table 2.