Table 3.

Men’s probability of health care services utilisation at least once during the previous 12 months*

	General practitioner n=5123		Somatic specialist services n=4959		Psychiatric specialist services n=4560
	OR (95% CI)	OR for trend (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR for trend (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR for trend (95% CI)
Marital status
Married/cohabitant (1)	1.29 (1.05-1.60)	1.31 (1.07-1.61)	0.98 (0.82-1.17)	0.99 (0.83-1.18)	0.85 (0.53-1.37)	0.82 (0.51-1.30)
Single (0)	1.00		1.00		1.00
Household income
Low (1)	1.14 (0.76-1.72)	0.85 (0.76-0.94)	0.69 (0.50-0.95)	1.08 (0.99-1.18)	1.55 (0.70-3.43)	0.89 (0.70-1.15)
Low middle (2)	1.40 (1.09-1.80)		0.90 (0.73-1.11)		1.05 (0.58-1.89)
High middle (3)	1.18 (1.00-1.41)		0.96 (0.82-1.12)		0.83 (0.52-1.33)
High (4)	1.00		1.00		1.00
Education
Low (1)	1.00 (0.81-1.23)	1.00 (0.90-1.11)	0.77 (0.65-0.92)	1.14 (1.05-1.25)	0.80 (0.49-1.32)	1.12 (0.88-1.44)
Middle (2)	1.17 (0.99-1.38)		0.92 (0.80-1.06)		0.74 (0.48-1.14)
High (3)	1.00		1.00		1.00
Self-rated occupational status
Low (1)	1.06 (0.75-1.49)	1.06 (0.93-1.20)	0.91 (0.69-1.19)	1.11 (0.99-1.23)	1.25 (0.65-2.44)	1.00 (0.74-1.35)
Middle (2)	0.88 (0.76-1.04)		0.86 (0.76-0.98)		0.92 (0.63-1.36)
High (3)	1.00		1.00		1.00
Self -rated health
Bad (1)	11.95 (5.77-24.77)	0.52 (0.47-0.58)	5.52 (3.93-7.76)	0.60 (0.55-0.66)	11.72 (4.77-28.77)	0.42 (0.33-0.53)
Fair (2)	3.40 (2.69-4.29)		2.46 (2.00-3.03)		5.37 (2.40-11.99)
Good (3)	1.49 (1.24-1.78)		1.54 (1.27-1.86)		2.05 (0.92-4.57)
Excellent (4)	1.00		1.00		1.00

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

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