Table 2.

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

Socio-demographic, health and psychosocial variables	Contacted GP		Did not contact GP		Significance
	Number	%	Number	%	X2	P value
Limitations in physical activities:	84	100	70	100	24.188	0.000**
None	22	26.2	46	65.7
Some	62	73.8	24	34.3
Limitations in social activities:	84	100	71	100	9.085	0.003**
None	26	31.0	39	54.9
Some	58	69.0	32	45.1
Access to free medical care:	84	100	70	100	8.486	0.004**
No	33	39.3	26	37.1
Yes	51	60.7	44	62.9
Education level (CSO):	82	100	66	100	13.851	0.001**
Primary	59	72.0	30	45.5
Completed secondary	12	14.6	27	40.9
Completed third	11	13.4	9	13.6
Employment status:	84	100	71	100	17.811	0.000**
Employed/home duties/retired/training	37	44.0	55	77.5
Unemployed/sick	47	56.0	16	22.5
Marital status:	84	100	71	100	9.003	0.003**
Married/cohabiting	59	70.2	33	46.5
Single/separated/ divorced/ widowed	25	29.8	38	53.5
Self-reported physical health:	84	100	69	100	8.224	0.004**
Good	34	40.5	44	63.8
Less than good	50	59.5	25	36.2
Self-reported quality of life:	84	100	70	100	12.294	0.000**
Good	29	34.5	44	62.9
Less than good	55	65.5	26	37.1
Size of location of household (CSO):	80	100	68	100	4.629	0.031*
Rural <1500 population	28	35.0	13	19.1
Urban 1500+ population	52	65.0	55	80.9
Too embarrassed to see GP	84	100	71	100	3.570	0.059
No	78	92.9	59	83.1
Yes	6	7.1	12	16.9
Age groups in yearsa	85	100	70	100	0.424	0.809
18-39	31	36.5	29	41.4
40-64	48	56.5	36	51.4
65+	6	7.1	5	7.1
Weekly net household income (euros)	80	100	66	100	0.793	0.373
750+	19	23.8	20	30.3
Up to 749	61	76.3	46	69.7
Distress Disclosure Index (DDI) median split	84	100	71	100	0.016	0.898
Low DDI	47	56.0	39	54.9
High DDI	37	44.0	32	45.1
Lack of transportation to see GPa	85	100	70	100	0.019	0.890
No	84	89.8	69	98.6
Yes	1	1.2	1	1.4
Too costly to see GP	85	100	70	100	0.145	0.703
No	78	91.8	63	90.0
Yes	7	8.2	7	10.0
No time to see GP	84	100	71	100	1.516	0.218
No	80	95.2	64	90.1
Yes	4	4.8	7	9.9
GP not helpfula	84	100	70	100	0.839	0.360
No	83	98.8	70	100
Yes	1	1.2	0	0
Too ill to see GPa	84	100	71	100	1.713	0.191
No	82	97.6	71	100
Yes	2	2.4	0	0

^*p < 0.25

^**p < 0.05

^acells have expected counts of less than 5.