. 2021 Nov 3;79:189. doi: 10.1186/s13690-021-00706-0

Table 2.

Comparison of mental well-being scores between non-care-seekers versus care-seekers, and insufficient- versus sufficient care-perceivers

	By mental healthcare-seeking at any time in life						By perceived sufficiency of mental healthcare
	Time 1, 2008			Time 2, 2009			Time 1, 2008			Time 2, 2009
	Non-care-seekers	Care-seekers		Non-care-seekers	Care-seekers		Insufficient care-perceivers	Sufficient care-perceivers		Insufficient care-perceivers	Sufficient care-perceivers
	Mean^a (n)	Mean^a (n)	P*	Mean^a	Mean^a	P*	Mean^a (n)	Mean^a (n)	P*	Mean^a	Mean^a	P*
Total	14.3 (109)	16.0 (184)	0.02	15.7	15.8	0.84	14.2 (52)	16.6 (130)	0.02	15.0	16.1	0.38
Age, years
19–30	14.5 (26)	13.2 (26)	0.41	16.3	15.2	0.42	13.2 (11)	13.3 (15)	0.97	16.3	14.4	0.36
31–50	14.5 (56)	16.4 (90)	0.05	14.9	15.7	0.48	14.2 (29)	17.3 (60)	0.03	14.5	16.2	0.34
51–64	13.9 (27)	16.5 (68)	0.09	16.6	16.2	0.82	14.9 (12)	16.8 (55)	0.41	15.1	16.4	0.58
Education
Primary or less	14.7 (16)	14.7 (36)	0.99	17.0	14.6	0.16	12.6 (9)	15.4 (27)	0.19	12.3	15.4	0.17
Secondary	14.6 (60)	15.2 (78)	0.55	15.8	14.9	0.43	13.6 (21)	15.8 (56)	0.19	13.3	15.5	0.20
University	13.9 (30)	17.4 (68)	0.01	14.9	17.5	0.05	15.2 (21)	18.3 (46)	0.06	17.4	17.4	0.99
Country of birth
Nordic country	14.6 (99)	15.9 (168)	0.09	16.0	15.9	0.86	14.4 (46)	16.4 (120)	0.06	15.4	16.0	0.63
Outside Nordic	11.4 (10)	16.6 (16)	0.06	11.9	14.9	0.19	12.8 (6)	18.8 (10)	0.09	12.0	16.7	0.15
Persistent physical illness
Yes	14.0 (57)	14.5 (101)	0.62	15.2	15.1	0.91	12.6 (31)	15.3 (70)	0.05	13.7	15.7	0.18
No	14.7 (52)	17.8 (83)	0.00	16.2	16.7	0.62	16.6 (21)	18.1 (60)	0.29	16.9	16.5	0.81
Persistent mental illness
Yes	8.3 (3)	10.7 (35)	0.53	11.7	10.2	0.71	7.9 (12)	12.1 (23)	0.02	6.0	12.4	0.01
No	14.5 (106)	17.2 (149)	0.00	15.8	17.1	0.07	16.1 (40)	17.6 (107)	0.15	17.7	16.9	0.45

* P-value. Independent sample t-test of mean difference. Bold text indicates p < 0.05

^aLower score indicates poorer mental well-being on WHO (Ten) Well-being Index, 0–30 p