Table 6.

The impact of social support on utilization of preventive healthcare services.

Variable	Model 1a (OR)	Model 2b (OR)	Model 3c (OR) rural	Model 4d (OR) urban
Control variable
Gender	0.032 (1.004)	0.056 (1.372)	0.047 (1.483)	0.081 (1.441)
Age	0.687*** (1.433)	0.676** (1.398)	0.898** (1.254)	0.976** (1.677)
Marriage	0.090 (1.231)	0.082 (1.967)	0.076 (1.887)	0.092 (1.844)
Education	0.254** (2.387)	0.372** (2.369)	0.364*** (2.941)	0.497 (2.772)
Political status	0.093 (1.693)	0.088 (1.892)	0.076 (1.976)	0.071 (1.856)
Income	1.274 (3.532)	1.399 (3.468)*	1.382 (2.764)	1.765 (2.879)**
ADL	−0.438*** (0.417)	−0.502** (0.714)	−0.665*** (0.810)	−0.492*** (0.788)
Formal social support
Health insurance		0.472* (2.362)	0.414 (3.891)	0.569 (4.493)**
Pension		0.878 (2.141)	0.927 (1.898)	0.946 (2.984)**
Frequency of contact with government staff		1.448** (3.209)	1.392*** (3.192)	1.628 (2.376)
Health insurance satisfaction		0.778** (1.384)	0.982* (1.887)	0.951** (1.662)
Pension insurance satisfaction		0.892** (1.701)	0.483 (1.983)	0.986** (1.462)
Informal social support
Children's communication frequency		0.924** (2.371)	0.887*** (2.549)	0.941** (2.203)
Children's financial support		0.813* (3.214)	0.874** (3.926)	0.762 (3.835)
Frequency of helping each other with neighbors		1.994** (3.498)	1.057 (2.247)	1.148** (3.997)
Frequency of communication with neighbors		1.541** (2.359)	1.167 (2.454)	1.909*** (2.328)
P-Value	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

***, **, and * were significant at 1, 5 and 10% levels respectively. OR values are in parentheses.