Table 5. Factors associated with mental health service uses in sub-sample II (binary regression).
| Sociodemographic factors | Child data | Parent data | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Service | School Service | Telephone Service | Online Service | Any Service | Health Service | School Service | Telephone Service | Any Service | ||
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | ||
| Age (Ref. 13 to ≤15) | >15 to 17 | 0.73 (0.30, 1.79) | 0.34 (0.09, 1.32) | 1.21 (0.41, 3.55) | 1.78 (0.79, 4.00) | 1.72 (0.77, 3.87) | 0.96 (0.41, 2.24) | 0.03 (0.00, 1.02) | 11.47***(1.29, 101.57) | 0.89 (0.38, 2.08) |
| Gender (Ref. Boys) | Girls | 2.75***(1.04, 7.29) | 2.24 (0.47, 10.62) | 2.02 (0.46, 8.86) | 2.39***(1.11, 5.13) | 2.21 (0.98, 4.94) | 2.18 (0.88, 5.36) | 3.18 (0.08, 113.43) | 3.13 (0.20, 47.75) | 2.41***(1.01, 5.74) |
| Remoteness (Ref. Cities) | Regional/Remote | 0.71 (0.32, 1.59) | 0.58 (0.12, 2.73) | 1.76 (0.61, 5.10) | 0.88 (0.41, 1.85) | 1.17 (0.51, 2.65) | 0.74 (0.31, 1.72) | 2.89 (0.50, 16.71) | 0.61 (0.13, 2.78) | 0.81 (0.36, 1.86) |
| Household income (Ref. Low) | Medium | 0.46 (0.15, 1.41) | 2.07 (0.31, 13.55) | 0.34 (0.09, 1.30) | 1.60 (0.64, 3.98) | 0.82 (0.29, 2.36) | 1.01 (0.35, 2.86) | 0.44 (0.00, 85.36) | 1.75 (0.19, 15.47) | 1.00 (0.35, 2.82) |
| High | 0.40 (0.10, 1.61) | 2.66 (0.25, 28.25) | 0.29 (0.04, 1.74) | 2.62 (0.71, 9.60) | 1.29 (0.29, 5.60) | 0.51 (0.12, 2.13) | 0.57 (0.00, 43.74) | 0.24 (0.01, 5.02) | 0.78 (0.19, 3.18) | |
| Parents’ education (Ref. Bachelor) | Diploma | 0.81 (0.27, 2.39) | 0.93 (0.15, 5.73) | 0.91 (0.17, 4.74) | 1.21 (0.42, 3.45) | 1.32 (0.44, 3.98) | 0.36 (0.10, 1.23) | 0.16 (0.01, 1.89) | 0.72 (0.10, 5.03) | 0.35 (0.10, 1.16) |
| Year 10/11 | 0.63 (0.10, 1.61) | 0.90 (0.14, 5.57) | 0.91 (0.19, 4.40) | 2.26 (0.71, 7.11) | 2.86 (0.83, 9.84) | 0.45 (0.10, 1.98) | 0.81 (0.04, 15.36) | 1.89 (0.39, 9.01) | 0.40 (0.09, 1.69) | |
| Parents’ employment (Ref. Employed) | Unemployed | 5.88**(2.07, 16.68) | 0.75 (0.09, 6.11) | 1.58 (0.48, 5.18) | 1.16 (0.47, 2.84) | 1.90 (0.71, 5.10) | 1.14 (0.43, 3.06) | 1.56 (0.24, 9.87) | 1.08 (0.18, 6.31) | 1.17 (0.44, 3.10) |
| Family type (Ref. Original) | Other | 1.12 (0.46, 2.69) | 4.11 (0.95, 17.74) | 3.59 (1.29, 10.02) | 0.85 (0.40, 1.79) | 1.47 (0.64, 3.38) | 2.04 (0.81, 5.12) | 0.69 (0.06, 7.29) | 1.30 (0.37, 4.58) | 1.73 (0.73, 4.09) |
| Family functioning (Ref. Very good/Good) | Fair/Poor | 0.80 (0.33, 1.88) | 1.07 (0.26, 4.36) | 0.60 (0.17, 2.15) | 0.94 (0.42, 2.09) | 0.80 (0.35, 1.82) | 1.36 (0.62, 2.97) | - | 0.41 (0.07, 2.41) | 1.18 (0.54, 2.56) |
| IRSAD quintiles (Ref. Lowest) | Second | 0.27* (0.07, 1.02) | 0.21 (0.01, 3.02) | 0.32 (0.05, 2.02) | 0.73 (0.22, 2.38) | 0.55 (0.13, 2.33) | 1.27 (0.28, 5.77) | 2.43 (0.01, 442.14) | 0.91 (0.03, 23.49) | 1.30 (0.31, 5.47) |
| Third | 1.41 (0.40, 4.96) | 0.49 (0.06, 3.99) | 1.71 (0.28, 10.29) | 1.13 (0.38, 3.34) | 2.36 (0.70, 7.99) | 1.06 (0.28, 4.07) | 4.38 (0.03, 620.39) | 4.37 (0.36, 51.67) | 1.48 (0.39, 5.52) | |
| Fourth | 2.41 (0.62, 9.37) | 0.62 (0.07, 5.14) | 1.68 (0.41, 6.91) | 1.44 (0.52, 3.94) | 2.47 (0.71, 8.52) | 1.68 (0.40, 7.04) | 0.69 (0.02, 19.64) | 2.04 (0.09, 43.91) | 1.38 (0.33, 5.69) | |
| Highest | 2.03 (0.51, 8.03) | 0.83 (0.09, 7.46) | 2.47 (0.55, 10.92) | 2.05 (0.61, 6.87) | 3.15 (0.86, 11.51) | 2.54 (0.60, 10.77) | 4.17 (0.14, 121.74) | 1.75 (0.15, 20.01) | 2.03 (0.51, 8.03) | |
| Substance Use (Ref. No) | Yes | 4.55**(1.34, 15.44) | 2.79 (0.28, 27.88) | 1.03 (0.28, 3.77) | 1.76 (0.67, 4.66) | 2.18 (0.80, 5.92) | 3.11 (0.74, 12.94) | - | 0.67 (0.13, 3.45) | 2.61 (0.71, 9.50) |
| Mental disorder (Ref. No.) | Yes | 4.88*(2.17, 10.98) | 4.32 (0.74, 24.93) | 0.83 (0.28, 2.43) | 1.60 (0.78, 3.28) | 1.81 (0.80, 4.08) | 12.01**(3.69, 39.05) | 10.79**(1.81, 64.29) | 3.58 (0.33, 38.05) | 9.67*(3.31, 28.24) |
| Ideators (Ref. Ideation without plan or attempt) | Ideation with planned and/or attempted | 1.39 (0.49, 3.90) | 5.29 (0.35, 79.67) | 1.05 (0.34, 3.17) | 0.72 (0.32, 1.62) | 0.57 (0.22, 1.48) | 1.98 (0.90, 4.32) | 1.91 (0.06, 60.56) | 1.81 (0.52, 6.33) | 2.38***(1.09, 5.17) |
OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval
Level of Significance Considered: P<0.05***, P<0.01**, P<0.001*
Survey weight adjusted