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

Table 4.

Determinants of professional care seeking (HLM Poisson regression): country level effects and variance components

Model 1: Model 2: Model 3: Model 4: Model 5:
Coeff. SE P Coeff. SE P Coeff. SE P Coeff. SE P Coeff. SE P
Divorce rate 0.094 0.087 0.093 0.086
Divorce rate*divorce/separated -0.188 0.084 ** -0.188 0.080 **
Divorce rate*single 0.127 0.111 0.112 0.107
Divorce rate*widowed 0.026 0.100 0.029 0.095
Divorce rate*other 0.183 0.367 0.063 0.329
Supply of health professionals 0.001 3.39E-4 0.001 3.38E-4
Supply of health professionals*divorce/separated -4.5E-5 3.42E-4
Supply of health professionals*single 1.90E-4 4.95E-4
Supply of health professionals*widowed 6.2E-5 4.22E-4
Supply of health professionals*other -0.002 0.002
Variance Components VC Chi2 P VC Chi2 P VC Chi2 P VC Chi2 P VC Chi2 P

Intercept (df = 28) 0.084 264.4 *** 0.142 443.4 *** 0.142 448.4 *** 0.120 342.1 *** 0.119 340.7 ***
Marital status
Divorced/Separated 0.207 71.5 *** 0.126 62.8 *** 0.120 60.9 *** 0.148 61.2 *** 0.144 61.3 ***
Single 0.115 58.7 *** 0.110 58.5 ***
Widowed 0.101 55.8 *** 0.095 55.6 ***
Other 0.654 51.9 *** 0.640 54.3 ***
Gender (df = 28) 0.050 58.1 *** 0.038 54.2 ** 0.038 54.4 ** 0.027 43.3 ** 0.027 43.3 **
Divorced/Separated*Gender 0.252 59.2 *** 0.143 52.0 ** 0.142 51.1 ** 0.138 45.8 ** 0.138 45.7 ***
Sigma 1.381 1.178 1.171 1.156 1.075