Table 3.

Descriptives: Gender differences in mental health and mental health care use by employment status and period

		Mental health (1–5)					GP consultations			Psychiatrist consultations
		women		men			women	men		women	men
		$\overline{\mathrm{x}}$	SD	$\overline{\mathrm{x}}$	SD	sig. a	%	%	sig. b	%	%	sig. b
2002	Employed	3.8	0.8	3.9	0.7	***	5.5	3.5	***	1.4	1.1
	Unemployed	3.6	0.9	3.6	0.8		10.5	7.3		2.1	2.9
	Non-employed	3.7	0.8	3.9	0.8	***	7.0	5.3	*	2.2	2.0
2005/2006	Employed	3.9	0.7	4.0	0.6	***	8.9	6.1	***	1.5	1.1	*
	Unemployed	3.6	0.8	3.7	0.8		13.5	9.0	**	3.5	1.6	*
	Non-employed	3.6	0.8	3.8	0.8	***	13.2	12.5		3.2	3.6
2010	Employed	3.8	0.7	3.9	0.6	***	10.8	7.6	***	1.1	0.8	*
	Unemployed	3.5	0.8	3.5	0.8		15.1	10.2	***	3.4	3.0	*
	Non-employed	3.6	0.7	3.8	0.7	***	14.1	12.9		2.5	2.9

*p < .050 **p < .010 ***p < .001; N individual women = 28014 & men = 22978.

^(a)Difference between men’s and women’s mean tested via Anova-test.

^(b)Difference between men’s and women’s proportion tested via pairwise Chi²-test.

Source: Eurobarometer 58.2 (2002), 64.4 (2005/2006) and 73.2 (2010).