Table 4.

Associations between healthcare-seeking behaviour evaluated in 10th-grade adolescents and high school dropout 5 years later

	Crude		Adjusted†
	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys
Self-reported level of healthcare use	OR (95% CI)‡	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
School health services
None (ref)
1–3	1.15 (1.01 to 1.30)*	1.36 (1.19 to 1.56)***	0.82 (0.70 to 0.96)*	1.15 (0.97 to 1.36)
≥4	2.02 (1.59 to 2.56)***	1.93 (1.16 to 3.21)*	0.86 (0.63 to 1.17)	0.71 (0.37 to 1.36)
Youth health clinic
None (ref)
1–3	1.83 (1.60 to 2.10)***	1.64 (1.36 to 1.97)***	1.72 (1.45 to 2.04)***	1.16 (0.92 to 1.45)
≥4	3.06 (2.37 to 3.95)***	5.02 (2.48 to 10.14)***	1.99 (1.45 to 2.73)***	2.76 (1.24 to 6.13)*
General practitioner
None (ref)
1–3	0.95 (0.84 to 1.07)	0.73 (0.65 to 0.81)***	0.89 (0.77 to 1.03)	0.69 (0.61 to 0.79)***
≥4	1.26 (1.06 to 1.50)**	0.96 (0.79 to 1.18)	0.87 (0.69 to 1.10)	0.85 (0.66 to 1.09)
Child and adolescent mental health services
None (ref)
≥1	3.18 (2.63 to 3.84)***	3.37 (2.60 to 4.37)***	2.04 (1.60 to 2.60)***	2.85 (2.07 to 3.93)**

Investigated using multiple logistic regression analysis.

*Significant relationship, p≤0.05.

**Significant relationship, p≤0.01.

***Significant relationship, p≤0.001.

†In the adjusted model use of each health service is adjusted for use of the other healthcare services, health indicators and sociodemographic variables.

‡All associations were expressed in OR with 95% CI.