Table 3-2.

Reasons for delayed access to mental health treatment even though they felt they might have needed professional assistance for mental health problem (n = 64)

	Age (years)			Sex			Education (years)
	20-49	≥50		Men	Women		0-12	≥13
	%	%	p	%	%	p	%	%	p
1 My health insurance would not cover this type of treatment.	8	0	0.06	2	6	1.00	3	5	1.00
2 I thought the problem would get better by itself.	25	23	0.62	8	41	0.09	23	25	1.00
3 The problem didn't bother me very much.	22	25	0.21	13	34	1.00	27	20	0.21
4 I wanted to handle the problem on my own.	38	31	0.79	11	58	<0.01*	33	36	1.00
5 I didn't think treatment would work.	16	8	0.39	2	22	0.05	11	13	1.00
6 I received treatment before and it did not work.	8	3	0.45	3	8	1.00	6	5	0.70
7 I was concerned about how much money it would cost.	14	-	<0.01*	2	13	0.42	8	6	0.72
8 I was concerned about what others might think if they found out I was in treatment.	20	8	0.16	8	20	1.00	13	16	1.00
9 I had problems with things like transportation, childcare, or scheduling that would have made it hard to get to treatment.	20	2	<0.01*	2	20	0.09	6	16	0.14
10 I was unsure about where to go or who to see.	30	11	0.04	13	28	0.57	14	27	0.13
11 I thought it would take too much time or be inconvenient.	20	5	0.02	5	20	0.53	8	17	0.25
12 I could not get an appointment.	3	-	0.50	-	3	1.00	-	3	0.49
13 I was scared about being put into a hospital against my will.	2	-	1.00	-	2	1.00	-	2	1.00
14 I was not satisfied with the available services.	-	2	0.50	-	2	1.00	2	-	0.49

^*p<.01, Fisher's exact test.

No case.