Table 2.

Women’s frequency of health care services utilisation during the previous 12 months*

	General practitioner		Somatic specialist services		Psychiatric specialist services
	OR (95% CI) n=4417	OR for trend (95% CI) n=4417	OR (95% CI) n=2211	OR for trend (95% CI) n=2211	OR (95% CI) n=195**	OR for trend (95% CI) n=197**
Marital status
Marrried/cohabitant (1)	0.88 (0.74-1.05)	0.85 (0.72-1.01)	0.83 (0.65-1.05)	0.88 (0.70-1.11)	0.59 (0.23-1.49)	0.39 (0.17-0.88)
Single (0)	1.00		1.00		1.00
Household income
Low (1)	1.39 (1.03-1.89)	0.89 (0.81-0.98)	1.19 (0.77-1.84)	0.96 (0.84-1.10)	0.39 (0.08-1.84)	1.38 (0.89-2.13)
Low middle (2)	1.47 (1.17-1.85)		0.92 (0.67-1.26)		0.56 (0.15-2.04)
High middle (3)	1.21 (1.01-1.44)		1.07 (0.84-1.37)		0.47 (0.16-1.34)
High (4)	1.00		1.00		1.00
Education
Low (1)	1.10 (0.90-1.33)	0.96 (0.87-1.06)	0.95 (0.72-1.24)	1.01 (0.88-1.15)	0.49 (0.15-1.56)	1.43 (0.86-2.37)
Middle (2)	0.97 (0.83-1.14)		1.00 (0.80-1.25)		0.75 (0.30-1.87)
High (3)	1.00		1.00		1.00
Self-rated occupational status
Low (1)	0.97 (0.76-1.24)	1.02 (0.91-1.14)	1.06 (0.76-1.48)	0.98 (0.84-1.14)	1.69 (0.44-6.51)	1.00 (0.58-1.73)
Middle (2)	0.95 (0.82-1.10)		1.03 (0.84-1.25)		0.72 (0.31-1.65)
High (3)	1.00		1.00		1.00
Self -rated health
Bad (1)	13.82 (9.51-20.10)	0.41 (0.37-0.45)	2.35 (1.55-3.52)	0.74 (0.66-0.83)	4.66 (0.97-22.32)	0.68 (0.46-1.00)
Fair (2)	6.36 (5.08-7.97)		2.11 (1.57-2.83)		1.84 (0.46-7.30)
Good (3)	2.67 (2.19-3.27)		1.51 (1.15-1.98)		1.48 (0.42-5.28)
Excellent (4)	1.00		1.00		1.00

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

* Age adjusted multivariate logistic regressions including all left column variables.

**Age group 80–87 years omitted from dummy analyses due to small numbers.