Table 5.

Variables associated with the number of professionals consulted in the twelve months before the interview

	Variables significantly associated with the number of professionals consulted in the twelve months before interview in bivariate analyses	Comparison analyses: high users versus low users of professional services					Multiple linear regression; dependent variable: number of professionals consulted in the twelve months before interview
		4 professionals consulted or more (n = 40)		Fewer than 4 professionals consulted (n=172)		P value (Chi-square)	95.0% CI
							Beta	Sig.	Inferior limit	Superior limit
Predisposing factors	Post-secondary education [n (%)]	27	67.3	89	51.7	0.071	.205	.002	.072	.330
	Relationships with neighbours [Mean (SD)]	16.8	9.7	14.3	9.3	<0.001	.153	.023	.004	.059
Enabling factors	Proportion of recent immigrants in the neighbourhood (<1 year) [Mean (SD)]	12.3	7.4	14.2	7.2	0.008
Needs factors	Number of mental health disorders in the 12 months before interview [Mean (SD)]*	5.9	1.9	1.7	.8	<0.001	.175	.010	.106	.766
	Lifelong victim of violence [n (%)]	28	69.4	105	61.1	0.352	.127	.061	-.025	1.063
	Lifelong aggressive behaviour [n (%)]	29	72.4	88	50.9	0.015

Total variance explained: R square: 10.4%; F = 5.853; P < 0.001