Immigrants’ use of primary health care services for mental health problems

Table 2 Age-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and confidence intervals (CI) for GP and EPC P-consultations for men and women by background variables

	For GP consultation		For EPC consultation
	Men OR (95% CI)	Women OR (95% CI)	Men OR (95% CI)	Women OR (95% CI)
Age group
18-25	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
26-35	1.31 (1.28-1.34)*	1.31 (1.29-1.33)*	0.91 (0.86-0.97)*	0.63 (0.59-0.67)*
36-45	1.32 (1.29-1.35)*	1.48 (1.46-1.51)*	0.73 (0.69-0.78)*	0.62 (0.58-0.65)*
46-55	1.29 (1.27-1.32)*	1.42 (1.40-1.45)*	0.70 (0.66-0.75)	0.58 (0.55-0.62)*
56-67	1.08 (1.06-1.10)*	1.12 (1.10-1.14)*	0.48 (0.45-0.51)*	0.39 (0.36-0.41)*
Marital status
Married	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Never married	1.92 (1.90-1.95)*	1.48 (1.46-1.50)*	4.57 (4.28-4.87)*	2.66 (2.50-2.83)*
Previously married	2.41 (2.37-2.45)*	2.28 (2.25-2.31)*	5.61 (5.24-6.01)*	4.09 (3.85-4.34)*
Place of residence
Urban	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Suburban	0.96 (0.95-0.98)*	0.95 (0.93-0.96)*	0.87 (0.82-0.92)*	0.92 (0.87-0.97)*
Semi- rural	0.89 (0.87-0.92)*	0.89 (0.87-0.91)*	0.89 (0.82-0.97)*	0.92 (0.85-1.01)
Rural	0.78 (0.77-0.80)*	0.80 (0.79-0.82)*	0.93 (0.86-0.99)*	1.01 (0.94-1.08)
Personal income ¹
Middle income	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
No income	3.47 (3.42-3.53)*	2.23 (2.20-2.26)*	8.86 (8.32-9.22)*	7.08 (6.72-7.46)*
Low income	1.85 (1.82-1.88)*	1.38 (1.36-1.40)*	2.82 (2.65-3.00)*	2.30 (2.17-2.44)*
High income	0.55 (0.54-0.56)*	0.62 (0.61-0.64)*	0.43 (0.39-0.46)*	0.47 (0.40-0.55)*
Non-P-consultations with GP
Zero	1.00	1.00
One	1.38 (1.36-1.40)*	1.21 (1.19-1.23)*	-	-
2-4	1.69 (1.67-1.72)*	1.42 (1.41-1.44)*	-	-
5+	2.33 (2.29-2.37)*	1.75 (1.72-1.77)*	-	-
Non-P consultations at EPC services
Zero			1.00	1.00
One	-	-	3.27 (3.11-3.44)*	3.41 (3.24-3.59)*
2+	-	-	11.64 (10.99-12.32)*	10.88 (10.32-11.48)*

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