What makes people decide who to turn to when faced with a mental health problem? Results from a French survey

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Table 3 Factors influencing the likelihood of consulting first a psychiatrist or a psychologist versus a GP in case of psychological problems

	Overall sample (N = 360)			Men (N = 121)			Women (N = 239)
	β	OR		β	OR		β	OR
	β SE	OR 95%CI	p	β SE	OR 95%CI	p	β SE	OR 95%CI	p
Gender
Male	0	1
Female	-0.020 0.25	0.98 0.60–1.60	0.94
Age			0.01			0.48			0.03
18–34	-0.004 0.30	1.00 0.55–1.80	0.99	0.126 0.57	1.13 0.37–3.44	0.82	-0.049 0.36	0.95 0.47–1.94	0.89
35–49	0	1		0	1		0	1
≥ 50	-0.779 0.28	0.46 0.26–0.80	0.01	-0.499 0.47	0.61 0.24–1.52	0.29	-0.939 0.37	0.39 0.19–0.80	0.01
Educational level			0.15			0.79			0.22
Primary, secondary* or vocational school	-0.581 0.30	0.56 0.31–1.00	0.05	-0.339 0.49	0.71 0.27–1.87	0.49	-0.686 0.39	0.50 0.23–1.09	0.08
Secondary school**	-0.189 0.29	0.83 0.47–1.47	0.52	-0.149 0.58	0.86 0.28–2.69	0.80	-0.200 0.35	0.82 0.41–1.62	0.57
University	0	1		0	1		0	1
Marital status			0.93			0.98			0.80
Single	0.105 0.29	1.11 0.63–1.96	0.72	-0.092 0.54	0.91 0.32–2.63	0.87	0.235 0.36	1.27 0.63–2.54	0.51
Married	0	1		0	1		0	1
Divorced or widowed	-0.001 0.38	1.00 0.48–2.09	1.00	-0.064 0.76	0.94 0.21–4.15	0.93	0.064 0.44	1.07 0.45–2.54	0.88
Social support			0.02			0.18			0.12
Low	0.731 0.28	2.08 1.20–3.58	0.01	0.794 0.45	2.21 0.92–5.33	0.08	0.689 0.37	1.99 0.97–4.10	0.06
Moderate	0	1		0	1		0	1
High	-0.066 0.32	0.94 0.50–1.77	0.84	-0.030 0.59	0.97 0.31–3.06	0.96	-0.125 0.40	0.88 0.41–1.92	0.75

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