Table 3.
Relationships between socio-demographic characteristics and reported professional and non-professional contacts for mental health problems (N = 2101)
|
Socio-demographic characteristic |
Sub-group n |
Professional service utilisation |
Non-professional service utilisation |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | OR (99% CI) | n (%) | OR (99% CI) | ||
| Age (years): |
|
|
|
|
|
| 18-34 |
150 |
25 (17) |
|
21 (14) |
|
| 35-44 |
275 |
72 (26) |
1.93 (0.95, 3.93) |
56 (20) |
1.73 (0.81, 3.73) |
| 45-54 |
445 |
87 (20) |
1.32 (0.66, 2.64) |
68 (15) |
1.21 (0.57, 2.57) |
| 55-64 |
597 |
100 (17) |
1.19 (0.59, 2.37) |
66 (11) |
0.92 (0.43, 1.98) |
| 65+ |
634 |
79 (12) |
0.83 (0.40, 1.72) |
30 (4.7) |
0.34 (0.14, 0.83)* |
| Gender: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
838 |
138 (16) |
|
68 (8.1) |
|
| Female |
1263 |
225 (18) |
1.11 (0.80, 1.53) |
173 (14) |
1.79 (1.19, 2.69)** |
| Education: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Partial schooling |
595 |
82 (14) |
|
47 (7.9) |
|
| Completed high school or above |
1388 |
253 (18) |
1.35 (0.92, 1.98) |
180 (13) |
1.47 (0.91, 2.36) |
| Unknown |
118 |
28 (24) |
2.01 (1.04, 3.87)* |
14 (12) |
1.74 (0.73, 4.15) |
| Marital status: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Married/de facto |
1570 |
233 (15) |
|
152 (9.7) |
|
| Divorced/separated |
212 |
64 (30) |
2.12 (1.36, 3.31)** |
46 (22) |
2.29 (1.38, 3.83)** |
| Widowed |
168 |
25 (15) |
1.18 (0.62, 2.26) |
15 (8.9) |
1.64 (0.72, 3.77) |
| Never married |
151 |
41 (27) |
1.98 (1.13, 3.44)* |
28 (19) |
1.82 (0.96, 3.46) |
| ASGC category (Remoteness): |
|
|
|
|
|
| Inner regional |
764 |
139 (18) |
|
103 (13) |
|
| Outer regional |
787 |
129 (16) |
0.85 (0.59, 1.21) |
89 (11) |
0.79 (0.52, 1.19) |
| Remote |
396 |
67 (17) |
0.90 (0.58, 1.40) |
32 (8.1) |
0.53 (0.30, 0.94)* |
| Very remote |
154 |
28 (18) |
0.90 (0.49, 1.66) |
17 (11) |
0.67 (0.32, 1.41) |
| Financial position: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Prosperous/comfortable |
336 |
40 (12) |
|
26 (7.7) |
|
| Reasonable |
1069 |
152 (14) |
1.20 (0.73, 1.97) |
107 (10) |
1.25 (0.68, 2.28) |
| Just getting along to very poor | 696 | 171 (25) | 2.23 (1.34, 3.70)** | 108 (16) | 1.99 (1.07, 3.69)* |
Note: Based on a series of hierarchical logistic regressions, in which socio-demographic characteristics were entered simultaneously at step 1 (Table 3), followed by each of the current health status variables separately at step 2 (Table 4): * p < 0.01; ** p < 0.001. Only participants with the full set of socio-demographic characteristics were included. OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval.