|
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)*
|
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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.
