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Table 6 Likelihood of seeking informal, formal and no mental healthcare stratified by sociodemographic characteristics

From: Factors influencing the attitudes of young Sri Lankan-Australians towards seeking mental healthcare: a national online survey

 

Informal Healthcare

Formal Healthcare

No Healthcare

 

ß

95% CI

p-value

ß

95% CI

p-value

ß

95% CI

p-value

SLsl

-0.031

-0.484- 0.340

0.730

-0.025

-0.529- 0.398

0.782

-0.016

-0.688- 0.580

0.866

Age

0.137

-0.005- 0.111

0.074

0.079

-0.031- 0.100

0.304

0.039

-0.067- 0.112

0.618

Female

0.160

0.110- 0.676

0.007

0.047

-0.190- 0.447

0.427

-0.180

-1.097- -0.226

0.003

University Education

0.130

0.059- 0.923

0.026

0.085

-0.125- 0.847

0.145

-0.059

-1.000- 0.330

0.322

Single, Unmarried

-0.067

-0.611- 0.192

0.305

-0.065

-0.677- 0.226

0.326

0.063

-0.324- 0.911

0.350

Living at Home, with Parents

0.051

-0.264- 0.511

0.532

-0.074

-0.636- 0.237

0.368

0.002

-0.588- 0.606

0.977

Unemployed

0.051

-0.708- 0.965

0.763

0.048

-0.807- 1.076

0.779

0.041

-1.134- 1.441

0.815

Employed

0.075

-0.635- 1.004

0.658

-0.084

-1.154- 0.691

0.621

0.022

-1.182- 1.341

0.901

Student

-0.083

-0.566- 0.137

0.231

-0.030

-0.483- 0.309

0.666

0.081

-0.227- 0.856

0.254

Father University Education

0.094

-0.070- 0.516

0.135

-0.058

-0.484- 0.175

0.357

-0.079

-0.732- 0.170

0.221

Mother University Education

-0.057

-0.432- 0.161

0.368

0.059

-0.176- 0.492

0.352

0.015

-0.403- 0.510

0.818

MEIM-R

0.149

0.039- 0.421

0.019

0.181

0.099- 0.529

0.004

-0.154

-0.651- -0.063

0.018

Number of Years in Australia

-0.112

-0.044- 0.013

0.288

-0.131

-0.052- 0.012

0.215

0.040

-0.035- 0.052

0.709

Language Spoken at Home

0.022

-0.120- 0.176

0.710

-0.001

-0.169- 0.164

0.980

0.048

-0.136- 0.319

0.429

Association with Sri Lankan Groups in the Community

-0.013

-0.0321- 0.258

0.830

0.015

-0.286- 0.366

0.807

0.004

-0.432- 0.459

0.953

  1. N = 306, MEIM-R Multi-Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised, SLsl Sri Lankan Young Adults born in Sri Lanka, Numbers in bold indicate significant results. The formal and informal mental healthcare belong to the GHSQ. Refer to methods section to see comparators of variables. Adjusted r squared value: informal subscale = 0.084, formal subscale = 0.083