Table 1 Prevalence of health care use and subjective unmet need among men and women

Partner status

Married

7.5

60

3.6

29

14.0

128

7.4

68

Divorced, new partner

9.2

117

4.2

54

19.1

249

8.5

111

Divorced, no partner

17.3

140

10.6

86

29.4

322

14.6

160

Employment status

Not employed

20.0

87

9.0

39

30.9

216

12.9

90

Part time

12.2

20

9.8

16

19.9

229

9.1

104

Full time

9.2

210

5

114

17.3

254

9.9

145

Education

Low

13.7

94

5.5

38

26.5

171

9.3

60

Middle

10.6

125

4.6

54

20.4

275

9.9

134

High

9.6

98

7.6

77

19.2

253

11.0

145

Equivalent household income

< 50% mean EHI

17.0

32

11.2

21

31.2

88

14.9

42

50-79% mean EHI

14.2

114

6.4

51

25.8

253

12.2

119

80-119% mean EHI

9.1

90

5.2

52

19.2

194

8.3

84

≥ 120% mean EHI

9.0

61

5.3

36

16.5

116

9.5

67

EHI Missing

9.0

20

4.1

9

14.0

48

7.8

27

Health care use

No health care use

Subjective unmet need

No subjective unmet need

Health care use

No health care use

Subjective unmet need

No subjective unmet need

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age

46.69

8.18

47.50

8.09

45.27

8.61

47.55

8.05

45.12

7.89

45.44

8.13

44.63

8.17

45.46

8.07

N children of R < 12

0.46

0.91

0.43

0.79

0.59

1.03

0.42

0.79

0.46

0.80

0.52

0.87

0.55

0.89

0.50

0.85

N children of R ≥ 12

0.31

0.66

0.36

0.71

0.30

0.63

0.36

0.71

0.64

0.87

0.56

0.80

0.60

0.84

0.57

0.82

Social support (0–5)

3.01

1.51

2.58

1.55

2.82

1.51

2.62

1.56

3.49

1.36

3.18

1.44

3.46

1.37

3.22

1.44

Depression (0–24)

8.04

5.24

4.36

2.99

9.16

4.90

4.49

3.21

8.68

5.16

5.06

3.56

9.68

5.24

5.38

3.85

Self-rated health

3.49

0.94

3.95

0.69

3.54

0.83

3.92

0.73

3.45

0.87

3.94

0.68

3.55

0.84

3.87

0.74