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. 2010 Apr 29;10:224. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-224

Table 3.

Determinants of professional care seeking (HLM Poisson regression): individual effects

Model 1: Baseline Model 2: Need indicators added Model 3: Full individual level model Model 4: Country level and cross-level indicators added Model 5: More parsimonious model (Supply indicator removed)
Coeff. SE P Coeff. SE P Coeff. SE P Coeff. SE P Coeff. SE P
Intercept -1.781 0.055 *** -1.998 0.077 *** -2.006 0.075 *** -2.017 0.067 *** -2.016 0.067 ***

INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL VARIABLES
PREDISPOSING CHARACTERISTICS
Marital status (Married/Cohabitants = ref.)
Divorced/Separated 0.588 0.115 *** 0.366 0.092 *** 0.339 0.096 ** 0.378 0.099 *** 0.377 0.098 ***
Single 0.024 0.094 0.090 0.070 0.070 0.079 0.080 0.087 0.080 0.086
Widowed 0.456 0.066 *** -0.093 0.065 -0.072 0.067 -0.042 0.078 -0.043 0.077
Other 0.183 0.268 0.048 0.222 -0.070 0.237 -0.096 0.240 -0.031 0.228
Gender (Men = ref.)
Women 0.303 0.055 *** 0.108 0.053 0.096 0.053 0.094 0.050 * 0.093 0.050 *
Women*divorced/separated -0,039 0.126 -0.020 0.100 -0.014 0.103 -0.014 0.108 -0.013 0.108
Number of children up to 15 years
Number of other adults -0.026 0.018 -0.210 0.018 -0.210 0.018
Education (≥20 years = ref.)
16--19 years 0.001 0.060 -0.012 0.042 -0.012 0.042
≤15 years or other -0.037 0.062 -0.050 0.049 -0.050 0.049
Still studying -0.206 0.338 -0.209 0.115 * -0.210 0.115 *
Don't know 0.027 0.118 0.009 0.102 0.011 0.102
Work status (Manual workers = ref.)
Self-employed 0.140 0.096 0.115 0.071 0.116 0.071
Managers/professionals 0.036 0.104 0.033 0.069 0.035 0.069
White-collar workers -0.123 0.114 -0.119 0.068 * -0.119 0.068 *
Housewives/househusbands 0.140 0.083 0.136 0.066 **
Unemployed 0.165 0.093 0.170 0.067 ** 0.171 0.067 **
Retired 0.246 0.082 ** 0.247 0.058 *** 0.247 0.058 ***
Age -0.005 0.003 * -0.005 0.001 *** -0.005 0.001 ***
ENABLING RESOURCES
First health support
from family 0.043 0.043 0.042 0.032 0.043 0.032
from friends 0.079 0.059 0.079 0.038 ** 0.078 0.038 **
Urbanization 0.050 0.034 0.047 0.020 ** 0.048 0.020 **
NEED FACTORS
Mental well-being -0.802 0.055 *** -0.795 0.055 *** -0.794 0.023 *** -0.795 0.023 ***
Physical health -0.195 0.024 *** -0.192 0.024 *** -0.192 0.016 *** -0.192 0.016 ***