Table 3.

Odds of using medical services

Parameter	Physician use	Therapist use	Hospital use	Physician, therapist or hospital utilisation
	Odds [95% CI]	Odds [95% CI]	Odds [95% CI]	Odds [95% CI]
Intercept	4.77 [3.78–6.02]	0.36 [0.29–0.43]	0.04 [0.03–0.07]	5.90 [4.60–7.56]
Sex
Reference: Female	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Male	1.03 [0.85–1.23]	1.16 [0.99–1.35]	0.92 [0.69–1.24]	1.08 [0.89–1.31]
Study centre
Ref: Munich	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Leipzig	1.59 [1.09–2.30]*	0.80 [0.62–1.04]	1.48 [0.93–2.34]	1.37 [0.94–2.02]
Bad Honnef	1.12 [0.72–1.75]	0.67 [0.47–0.96]*	1.11 [0.58–2.12]	1.01 [0.63–1.60]
Wesel	0.70 [0.56–0.87]**	0.52 [0.42–0.63]***	0.99 [0.69–1.43]	0.63 [0.50–0.79]***
Parental education
Ref: High (>10 years)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Low (<10 years)	1.30 [0.82–2.05]	0.69 [0.45–1.06]	1.16 [0.60–2.24]	1.24 [0.77–1.98]
Medium (=10 years)	1.14 [0.91–1.44]	1.05 [0.86–1.27]	1.08 [0.75–1.55]	1.12 [0.88–1.43]
Relative income position
Ref: > 100% of median income	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
0-60% of median income	0.88 [0.65–1.20]	0.87 [0.66–1.14]	1.19 [0.76–1.88]	0.90 [0.65–1.25]
60-100% of median income	0.82 [0.65–1.02]	1.07 [0.89–1.29]	0.81 [0.56–1.16]	0.79 [0.62–0.99]*
Single parenthood
Ref: No	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	1.11 [0.80–1.54]	1.53 [1.20–1.96]***	1.01 [0.63–1.62]	1.11 [0.79–1.57]
Exposure to tobacco smoke
Ref: No exposure	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Not at home, but at other places	1.27 [0.97–1.66]	0.98 [0.78–1.23]	1.25 [0.77–2.01]	1.26 [0.95–1.68]
At home (patio/balcony)	1.37 [1.07–1.75]*	1.13 [0.91–1.39]	1.52 [0.99–2.33]	1.35 [1.04–1.75]*
At home (indoors)	1.51 [1.11–2.06]**	1.06 [0.82–1.38]	1.60 [0.96–2.64]	1.48 [1.07–2.04]*

N = 3,518.

Ref: Reference category.

Dependent variable: use of physicians/therapists/hospital/use of physicians, therapists and/or hospitals.

Assumptions: binomial distribution of the error terms, logit-link function.

***/**/*, significant at the 0.1%/1%/5% level.