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Table 3 Men’s probability of health care services utilisation at least once during the previous 12 months*

From: Socio-economic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: a population based cross-sectional survey

 

General practitioner n=5123

Somatic specialist services n=4959

Psychiatric specialist services n=4560

 

OR (95% CI)

OR for trend (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR for trend (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR for trend (95% CI)

Marital status

      

Married/cohabitant (1)

1.29 (1.05-1.60)

1.31 (1.07-1.61)

0.98 (0.82-1.17)

0.99 (0.83-1.18)

0.85 (0.53-1.37)

0.82 (0.51-1.30)

Single (0)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Household income

      

Low (1)

1.14 (0.76-1.72)

0.85 (0.76-0.94)

0.69 (0.50-0.95)

1.08 (0.99-1.18)

1.55 (0.70-3.43)

0.89 (0.70-1.15)

Low middle (2)

1.40 (1.09-1.80)

 

0.90 (0.73-1.11)

 

1.05 (0.58-1.89)

 

High middle (3)

1.18 (1.00-1.41)

 

0.96 (0.82-1.12)

 

0.83 (0.52-1.33)

 

High (4)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Education

      

Low (1)

1.00 (0.81-1.23)

1.00 (0.90-1.11)

0.77 (0.65-0.92)

1.14 (1.05-1.25)

0.80 (0.49-1.32)

1.12 (0.88-1.44)

Middle (2)

1.17 (0.99-1.38)

 

0.92 (0.80-1.06)

 

0.74 (0.48-1.14)

 

High (3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Self-rated occupational status

      

Low (1)

1.06 (0.75-1.49)

1.06 (0.93-1.20)

0.91 (0.69-1.19)

1.11 (0.99-1.23)

1.25 (0.65-2.44)

1.00 (0.74-1.35)

Middle (2)

0.88 (0.76-1.04)

 

0.86 (0.76-0.98)

 

0.92 (0.63-1.36)

 

High (3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Self -rated health

      

Bad (1)

11.95 (5.77-24.77)

0.52 (0.47-0.58)

5.52 (3.93-7.76)

0.60 (0.55-0.66)

11.72 (4.77-28.77)

0.42 (0.33-0.53)

Fair (2)

3.40 (2.69-4.29)

 

2.46 (2.00-3.03)

 

5.37 (2.40-11.99)

 

Good (3)

1.49 (1.24-1.78)

 

1.54 (1.27-1.86)

 

2.05 (0.92-4.57)

 

Excellent (4)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 
  1. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
  2. * Age adjusted multivariate logistic regressions including all left column variables.