Alternative health care consultations in Ontario, Canada: A geographic and socio-demographic analysis

Table 6 Results of Logistic Regression Analyses Alternative Health Care Consultations: All Consultations Age 18 or over, Ontario, 2005^a

	Model 1 All Alt. Care Consultations (consultations = 1 no alt. care consultations = 0)
Independent Variables	Odds ratios
Sex
Male	Reference
Female	2.03*** (1.90-2.18)
Age
Age 20-34	2.33*** (1.99-2.73)
Age 35-49	2.60*** (2.25-3.01)
Age 50-64	1.89*** (1.63-2.20)
Age 65 and over	Reference
Marital status
Single	Reference
Married/common Law	1.03 (0.94-1.13)
Separated/divorced/widowed	1.22** (1.06-1.40)
Education
Less than high school	Reference
High school	1.49*** (1.26-1.76)
College or trades	2.38*** (2.05-2.76)
University	3.48*** (2.99-4.06)
Household income
Under $20,000	Reference
$20,000 to $49,999	1.23** (1.04-1.46)
$50,000 to $79,999	1.82*** (1.53-2.15)
$80,000 and over	2.30*** (1.95-2.72)
Chronic condition
Yes	1.90*** (1.74-2.07)
No	Reference
Self-perceived health
Excellent/very good	Reference
Good	0.06 (0.98-1.15)
Fair/poor	1.27*** (1.13-1.43)
Self-perceived unmet health care needs
Yes	1.72*** (1.58-1.88)
No	Reference
Rural residence
Urban	Reference
Rural	1.06 (0.95-1.18)
Place of residence
CMA/CA	Reference
Strongly Influenced	1.07 (0.91-1.25)
Moderately Influenced	1.05 (0.87-1.27)
Weakly/Not Influenced	1.03 (0.82-1.29)
Constant	0.006
Observations	32,598
Pseudo R2	0.119

^a Notes: The dependent variable is consulting an alternative health care provider. The model used for estimation is logistic regression. 95% confidence intervals in parentheses (*) significant at 10%, (**) significant at 5%, (***) significant at 1%. Reference categories are included in the table.

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