Table 4. Factors Associated With Visiting to a Health Center in Case of Health Problems and Doing a Routine Check-up During the Previous Year – Logistic Regression Analysis .

Factors	Visiting a Health Center in Case of Health Problems		Doing a Routine Check-up During the Previous Year
	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI
Gender (male vs. female)			0.76	(0.45-1.29)
Age group
<40			Ref
40-64			1.20	(0.82-1.77)
≥65			1.35	(0.79-2.31)
Educational status
Secondary or less	Ref
High school	1.42	(0.68-2.95)
University and above	1.87	(1.38-2.55)a
Employment status (Yes vs. No)			0.83	(0.76-0.90)a
Economic status
High	Ref
Moderate	0.68	(0.57-0.81)a
Low	0.72	(0.28-1.83)
Smoking status (Smoker vs. non-smoker)			1.92	(1.17-3.14)a
Chronic disease (Yes vs. No)			2.05	(1.95-2.16)a
Medication use (Yes vs. No)			0.68	(0.55-0.84)a
Health Perception
Good	Ref		Ref
Fair	0.92	(0.65-1.29)	1.01	(0.66-1.56)
Poor	0.60	(0.35-1.01)	2.33	(1.56-3.48)a
The money spent on health for the last 3 months (TL)
None			Ref
<500			2.08	(1.43-3.01)a
≥500			1.63	(0.78-3.42)
No of household members (≤4 vs. ≥5)	1.99	(0.63-6.25)
Self-care problem (Yes vs. No)	0.18	(0.08-0.40)a

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted Odds Ratio; TL, Turkish Lira.

^a P  < .001.