Table 4.

Correlates of perceived unmet need for mental health treatment in the past 12 months among adults with mental illness

	Any Mental Illness			Serious Mental Illness
Characteristic	ORa	AORb	95% CIb	ORa	AORb	95% CIb
Insurance
None (reference)
Private	.69*	.78*	.65–.95	.70*	.85	.62–1.15
Medicaid, no private	.84	.70*	.54–.92	.81	.73	.47–1.14
Other	.83	.88	.61–1.28	.90	1.08	.63–1.85
Race or Ethnic Group
Non-Hispanic white (reference)
Non-Hispanic black	.72*	.59*	.45–.76	.92	.82	.52–1.31
Hispanic	.68*	.61*	.47–.79	.59*	.56*	.36–.87
Other	.80	.73	.46–1.15	1.33	1.39	.70–2.76
Age Group
18–25 (reference)
26–34	1.28*	1.34*	1.13–1.59	1.31	1.51*	1.05–2.17
35–49	1.09	1.15	.90–1.47	1.00	1.18	.76–1.82
50–64	.74*	.70*	.52–.94	.85	.91	.55–1.49
Gender
Female (reference)
Male	.63*	.60*	.49–.75	.78	.73	.51–1.04
Marital Status
Married (reference)
Previously married	1.40*	1.19	.90–1.59	1.25	1.10	.74–1.65
Never married	1.33*	1.32	.97–1.79	1.38	1.35	.90–2.04
Education
Less than high school (reference)
High school graduate	.86	.92	.67–1.25	.71	.72	.48–1.12
Some college	1.11	1.21	.95–1.55	.91	.92	.64–1.32
College graduate	.88	1.11	.80–1.55	.70	.78	.48–1.29
Employment Status
Not working (reference)
Working	.73*	.77*	.63–0.95	.79	.85	.66–1.11
Family Income
Less than $20,000 (reference)
$20,000-$49,000	.83	.88	.70–1.10	.80	.83	.64–1.08
$50,000-$74,000	.80	.91	.69–1.20	.92	.96	.63–1.48
$75,000 or more	.59*	.71*	.52–.97	.59	.69	.42–1.13
Self-rated Health
Fair/Poor (reference)
Excellent/Very good/Good	.72*	.69*	.58–.83	.88	.92	.68–1.26

^aUnadjusted odd ratio (OR): models include each correlate separately

^bAdjusted odds ratio (AOR): model includes all correlates

^*p<.05