Table 1.

Weighted numbers and percentages of female respondents self-reporting a mental, nervous or emotional problem by seeking help from a GP for such a problem in the previous year and by socio-demographic and health variables

Socio-demographic and health variables	Contacted GP		Did not contact GP		Significance
	N	%	N	%	X2	P value
Limitations in physical activities:	141	100	82	100	8.121	0.004**
None	45	31.9	42	51.2
Some	96	68.1	40	48.8
Limitations in social activities:	140	100	82	100	9.561	0.002**
None	52	37.1	48	58.5
Some	88	62.9	34	41.5
Access to free medical care:	135	100	80	100	3.964	0.046*
No	57	42.2	45	56.3
Yes	78	57.8	35	43.8
Education level (CSO):	132	100	75	100	2.569	0.277
Primary	76	57.6	41	54.7
Completed secondary	34	25.8	26	34.7
Completed third	22	16.7	8	10.7
Employment status:	139	100	78	100	0.004	0.948
Employed/home duties/retired/training	111	79.9	62	79.5
Unemployed/sick	28	20.1	16	20.5
Marital status:	141	100	83	100	0.301	0.583
Married/cohabiting	66	46.8	42	50.6
Single/separated/divorced/ widowed	75	53.2	41	49.4
Self-reported physical health:	141	100	82	100	0.862	0.353
Good	53	37.6	36	43.9
Less than good	88	62.4	46	56.1
Self-reported quality of life:	140	100	82	100	2.993	0.084
Good	55	39.3	42	51.2
Less than good	85	60.7	40	48.8
Size of location of household (CSO):	140	100	79	100	0.007	0.932
Rural <1500 population	40	28.6	23	29.1
Urban 1500+ population	100	71.4	56	70.9
Too embarrassed to see GP	141	100	82	100	0.226	0.635
No	130	92.2	77	93.9
Yes	11	7.8	5	6.1
Age groups in years	141	100	82	100	1.305	0.521
18-39	57	40.4	37	45.1
40-64	61	43.3	36	43.9
65+	23	16.3	9	11.0
Weekly net household income (euros)	127	100	73	100	2.099	0.147
750+	28	22.0	10	13.7
Up to 749	99	78.0	63	86.3
Distress Disclosure Index (DDI) median split	141	100	82	100	0.009	0.926
Low DDI	61	43.3	36	43.9
High DDI	80	56.7	46	56.1
Lack of transportation to see GPa	141	100	82	100	2.369	0.124
No	137	97.2	82	100
Yes	4	2.8	0	0
Too costly to see GP	140	100	82	100	1.197	0.294
No	119	85.0	65	79.3
Yes	21	15.0	17	20.7
No time to see GP	141	100	83	100	0.155	0.693
No	128	90.8	74	89.2
Yes	13	9.2	9	10.8
GP not helpfula	141	100	82	100	6.089	0.014*
No	131	92.9	82	100
Yes	10	7.1	0	0
Too ill to see GPa	141	100	82	100	3.227	0.072
No	132	93.6	81	98.8
Yes	9	6.4	1	1.2

^*p < 0.25

^**p < 0.05

^acells have expected counts of less than 5.