Table 3. Perception of healthcare seeking behaviour in acute and preventive physical and psychosocial health concerns by sex.

Health concern	Sex	Perceived healthcare seeking behaviour				p-value†
		Low		High
		n	%	n	%
Acute and preventive physical health
Stomach pain	Men	123	8.1	1391	91.9	0.01
	Women	145	6.0	2283	94.0
Blood in the stool	Men	141	9.7	1307	90.3	0.01
	Women	171	7.4	2151	92.6
Routine health checks	Men	160	10.7	1331	89.3	0.19
	Women	225	9.4	2158	90.6
Cut finger that needs to be stitched	Men	232	16.2	1202	83.8	0.16
	Women	333	14.5	1968	85.5
Deteriorated vision	Men	301	20.7	1152	79.3	0.35
	Women	457	19.5	1890	80.5
Sprained ankle	Men	380	25.6	1102	74.4	0.004
	Women	511	21.6	1855	78.4
Help to quit smoking	Men	549	42.2	751	57.8	0.002
	Women	728	37.0	1242	63.0
Removal of a wart	Men	566	44.2	716	55.9	0.01
	Women	799	39.7	1215	60.3
Psychosocial health
Anxiety	Men	624	45.4	752	54.6	<0.001
	Women	842	39.1	1311	60.9
Sexual problems	Men	556	43.0	738	57.0	0.58
	Women	848	42.0	1171	58.0
Domestic violence	Men	895	68.5	412	31.5	<0.001
	Women	1267	61.8	784	38.2
Relationship problems	Men	1023	77.9	290	22.1	<0.001
	Women	1494	72.6	565	27.4

† chi-square test between groups.