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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2010 Dec 7;41(8):1751–1761. doi: 10.1017/S0033291710002291

Socio-demographic and severity predictors of reported attitudinal barriers for not seeking treatment among respondents with 12-month DSM-IV disorders who did not seek treatment at any time in the past 12 monthsa

Any Attitudinal Barrier among those who recognized the need for treatment
OR (95% CI) χ 2 P

Age (≥65, reference)
 Age 18–34 0.7 (0.3–1.6) 1.0 0.608
 Age 35–49 0.6 (0.1–3.0) . .
 Age 50–64 .b . .
Sex (male, reference)
 Female 0.6 (0.2–2.3) 0.5 0.479
Race (white, reference)
 Hispanic .b 0.1 0.727
 Non-Hispanic black 0.8 (0.3–2.4) . .
Other .b . .
Education (>15, reference)
 0 – 11 years . 0.0 0.888
 12 years 0.9 (0.4–2.5) . .
 13–15 years . . .
Income (high, reference)
 Low income 0.5 (0.1–2.7) 0.8 0.675
 Low-average income 0.5 (0.1–2.8) . .
 High-average income .b . .
Marital Status (never married, reference)
 Married/cohabitating 0.6 (0.1–3.0) 1.2 0.554
 Separated/widowed/divorced 0.9 (0.1–7.4) . .
Severity (mild, reference)
 Severe 2.1 (0.3–16.4) 0.6 0.760
 Moderate 1.3 (0.4–4.5) . .
Global Chi-square (17 df test) . 9.9 0.544
a

Analyses adjusted for number of 12 month mood disorders, number of 12 month anxiety disorders, number of 12 month substance disorders and number of 12 month externalizing disorders.

b

Collapsed with the reference category due to the small number of respondents in the cells.