Table 5.

Socio‐demographic factors associated with the likelihood of under‐reporting contacts with physicians in the use‐of‐care section of the interviewa, b

Characteristics	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval
Gender
Male	1.00
Female	0.95	[0.72; 1.26]
Age
18–34 years	1.00
35–64 years	1.07	[0.74; 1.55]
≥65 years	1.61	[1.00; 2.63]*
Marital status
Married, cohabiting with someone	1.00
Separated, widowed, divorced	0.78	[0.56; 1.08]
Single	1.10	[0.78; 1.55]
Income level
Low	1.21	[0.87; 1.67]
Average	1.00
High	0.89	[0.61; 1.29]
Educational level
Primary, secondary education	1.00
Post‐secondary education	0.75	[0.56; 1.02]
Country c
Belgium	0.98	[0.74; 1.30]
France	1.20	[0.96; 1.51]
Germany	0.66	[0.50; 0.88]**
Italy	2.08	[1.65; 2.62]***
Netherlands	0.72	[0.57; 0.91]**
Spain	0.86	[0.70; 1.04]

^aMultiple logistic regression adjusted for all clinical variables. All values were obtained after weighting.

^bParticipants having reported contacts with physicians in the diagnostic sections and not in the use‐of‐care section (n = 1097) versus those having reported contacts with physicians in both sections (n = 2105).

^cCompared to the overall mean value.

^* p < 0.05;

^** p < 0.01;

^*** p < 0.001.