Table 2 Mean physical and mental health summary scores of individuals utilizing health care (Users) stratified by socioeconomic characteristics in the whole sample and in the sample from the urban and rural regions.

Non users

52.4 (48.1 - 58.4)

46.8 (42.4 - 53.3)

Users

47.3 (43.0 - 53.2)

41.3 (37.0 - 47.8)

Sig.*

p < .001

p < .05

USERS WHOLE SAMPLE

USERS URBAN

USERS RURAL

PCS (CI)

MCS(CI)

PCS (CI)

MCS(CI)

PCS (CI)

MCS(CI)

Sex

Male

47.5 (46.5-48.5)

42.7 (41.6-43.8)

47.6 (46.8-50.2)

42.6 (43.3-47.2)

47.4 (44.6-49.5)

42.8 (42.6-48.4)

Female

47.0 (46.1-48.0)

40.1 (39.0-41.2)

46.7 (45.9-49.3)

40.0 (40.7-44.6)

47.6 (44.9-49.8)

40.2 (39.9-45.8)

Sig.*

N.S.

p < .05

N.S.

p < .05

N.S.

N.S.

Age

18-34

53.1 (52.00-54.01)

43.3 (41.05-45.02)

53.0 (51.8-54.3)

44.4 (42.1-46.8)

53.1 (51.2-55.1)

41.3 (37.7-44.9)

35-44

49.9 (48.9-51.0)

41.9 (40.6-43.1)

50.1 (48.8-51.4)

41.5 (39.9-43.0)

49.5 (47.6-51.4)

42.6 (40.1-45.1)

45-54

47.1 (45.8-48.4)

41.4 (39.9-43.0)

47.2 (45.5-48.9)

41.9 (39.9-44.0)

47.0 (44.7-49.2)

40.5 (38.0-42.9)

55-64

42.3 (40.6-43.9)

39.3 (37.2-41.3)

42.0 (40.0-44.0)

38.5 (36.1-40.9)

43.0 (39.0-47.0)

41.4 (36.1-46.7)

65-75+

38.3 (36.9-39.8)

39.1 (36.9-41.3)

38.1 (36.1-40.1)

38.4 (35.4-41.4)

38.8 (36.0-41.5)

40.4 (36.2-44.7)

Sig.*

p < .001

p < .05

p < .001

p < .05

p < .001

N.S.

Residence

Rural

47.5 (46.3-48.7)

41.4 (40.0 -42.8)

Urban

47.2 (46.3-48.0)

41.3 (40.4-42.3)

Sig.*

N.S.

N.S.

Income

Low

43.9 (42.6-45.2)

39.1 (37.6-40.5)

43.1 (41.4-44.9)

38.3 (36.4-40.1)

45.2 (42.8-47.6)

40.5 (37.8-43.3)

Medium

47.9 (47.0-48.7)

41.74 (40.6-42.8)

48.3 (47.2-49.3)

42.2 (40.9-43.6)

47.0 (45.3-48.7)

40.5 (38.6-42.5)

High

50.96 (49.5-52.3)

43.9 (42.1-45.7)

50.1 (48.2-52.0)

43.4 (41.2-45.5)

52.6 (50.5-54.7)

44.9 (41.3-48.5)

Sig.*

p < .001

p < .001

p < .001

p < .001

p < .001

N.S.

Education

Primary

41.1 (39.9-42.3)

39.2 (37.8-40.6)

40.8 (39.2-42.3)

39.0 (37.0-41.0)

41.7 (39.5-43.9)

39.6 (37.0-42.1)

Superior

49.5 (48.7-50.3)

41.7 (40.7-42.6)

49.4 (48.4-50.3)

41.9 (40.8-43.1)

49.7 (48.3-51.2)

41.0 (39.1-42.9)

University

51.4 (49.9-52.9)

44.9 (42.4-47.6)

51.1 (49.1-53.1)

43.9 (40.4-47.3)

51.9 (49.4-54.4)

46.4 (42.1-50.8)

Sig.*

p < .001

p < .001

p < .001

p < .05

p < .001

p < .05

Occupation

manual

46.7 (45.7-47.6)

40.8 (39.6-41.9)

45.9 (42.0-45.4)

40.5 (37.1-41.0)

47.7 (45.7-50.9)

41.1 (37.1-43.4)

non manual

48.00 (47.0-48.9)

42.0 (41.0-43.1)

48.2 (44.2-47.7)

42.0 (38.6-42.5)

47.1 (45.1-50.3)

42.0 (38.0-44.3)

Sig.*

N.S.

N.S.

p < .05

N.S.

N.S.

N.S.

Ethnicity

Greeks

47.0 (46.2-47.9)

41.3 (40.3-42.3)

46.7 (43.4-47.0)

41.3 (39.1-43.3)

47.6 (45.0-51.4)

41.3 (37.2-44.9)

Albanians

47.9 (46.8-49.0)

41.4 (40.2-42.6)

48.1 (44.9-48.5)

41.4 (39.2-43.4)

47.0 (44.4-50.8)

41.6 (37.5-45.2)

Sig.*

N.S.

N.S.

N.S.

N.S.

N.S.

N.S.