The importance of job characteristics in determining medical care-seeking in the Dutch working population, a longitudinal survey study

Table 4 Determinants of visits to a GP (frequency) for men and women with health complaints

	GP visits (frequency/year)
	Men (n = 330)		Women (n = 299)
Variable (reference category)	beta		beta
Personal characteristics
Age (31–40 years)
15-30 years	−0.077		0.018
41-50 years	0.049		0.105
51-64 years	0.198	**	0.164	*
Education (Intermediate)
Low	0.025		−0.040
High	0.024		−0.118	#
Coping styles Avoiding (low)	0.062		−0.072
Active (low)	0.022		0.135	*
Support seeking (low)	0.136	*	0.095
Health
Health complaints (other)
Musculo skeletal	0.021		0.007
Psychological	0.096		−0.013
Health status (low)	−0.050		−0.126	#
Control over health outcomes (low)	0.041		−0.071
Fatigue (low)	0.008		0.197	**
Sickness absence
Sickness absence (%)	−0.055		0.039
Sickness absence (frequency)	0.099	#	0.051
Work characteristics
Full time work (<40 hrs/wk)	0.147	**	−0.013
Burnout (low)	0.067		−0.085
Work handicap (no)	0.005		0.018
Engagement (low)	0.016		−0.061
Social support supervisor (low)	−0.079		0.031
Social support colleagues (low)	−0.150	**	0.000
Work load physical (low)	0.002		−0.040
Work load static (low)	−0.083		0.009
Work pressure (low)	−0.095	#	−0.021
Emotional workload (low)	−0.007		0.023
Decision latitude (low)	−0.216	***	−0.069
R Square Personal characteristics	3.6	*	2.6	*
R Square Health characteristics	0.9		7.1	**
R Square sickness absence	0.5		0.0
R Square Work characteristics	8.0	*	−1.9
R Square Total	13.0	***	7.8	**

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