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Table 3 Relationships between socio-demographic characteristics and reported professional and non-professional contacts for mental health problems (N = 2101)

From: Factors associated with reported service use for mental health problems by residents of rural and remote communities: cross-sectional findings from a baseline survey

Socio-demographic characteristic

Sub-group n

Professional service utilisation

Non-professional service utilisation

  

n (%)

OR (99% CI)

n (%)

OR (99% CI)

Age (years):

     

  18-34

150

25 (17)

 

21 (14)

 

  35-44

275

72 (26)

1.93 (0.95, 3.93)

56 (20)

1.73 (0.81, 3.73)

  45-54

445

87 (20)

1.32 (0.66, 2.64)

68 (15)

1.21 (0.57, 2.57)

  55-64

597

100 (17)

1.19 (0.59, 2.37)

66 (11)

0.92 (0.43, 1.98)

  65+

634

79 (12)

0.83 (0.40, 1.72)

30 (4.7)

0.34 (0.14, 0.83)*

Gender:

     

  Male

838

138 (16)

 

68 (8.1)

 

  Female

1263

225 (18)

1.11 (0.80, 1.53)

173 (14)

1.79 (1.19, 2.69)**

Education:

     

  Partial schooling

595

82 (14)

 

47 (7.9)

 

  Completed high school or above

1388

253 (18)

1.35 (0.92, 1.98)

180 (13)

1.47 (0.91, 2.36)

  Unknown

118

28 (24)

2.01 (1.04, 3.87)*

14 (12)

1.74 (0.73, 4.15)

Marital status:

     

  Married/de facto

1570

233 (15)

 

152 (9.7)

 

  Divorced/separated

212

64 (30)

2.12 (1.36, 3.31)**

46 (22)

2.29 (1.38, 3.83)**

  Widowed

168

25 (15)

1.18 (0.62, 2.26)

15 (8.9)

1.64 (0.72, 3.77)

  Never married

151

41 (27)

1.98 (1.13, 3.44)*

28 (19)

1.82 (0.96, 3.46)

ASGC category (Remoteness):

     

  Inner regional

764

139 (18)

 

103 (13)

 

  Outer regional

787

129 (16)

0.85 (0.59, 1.21)

89 (11)

0.79 (0.52, 1.19)

  Remote

396

67 (17)

0.90 (0.58, 1.40)

32 (8.1)

0.53 (0.30, 0.94)*

  Very remote

154

28 (18)

0.90 (0.49, 1.66)

17 (11)

0.67 (0.32, 1.41)

Financial position:

     

  Prosperous/comfortable

336

40 (12)

 

26 (7.7)

 

  Reasonable

1069

152 (14)

1.20 (0.73, 1.97)

107 (10)

1.25 (0.68, 2.28)

  Just getting along to very poor

696

171 (25)

2.23 (1.34, 3.70)**

108 (16)

1.99 (1.07, 3.69)*

  1. Note: Based on a series of hierarchical logistic regressions, in which socio-demographic characteristics were entered simultaneously at step 1 (Table 3), followed by each of the current health status variables separately at step 2 (Table 4): * p < 0.01; ** p < 0.001. Only participants with the full set of socio-demographic characteristics were included. OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval.