Table 4 Factors associated with utilization of services among all respondents in past two years (n = 18386), 2005 and 2010 samples combined (logistical regression)

Year (ref.: 2005)

2010

1.257

.981

1.610

1.141

.923

1.409

.955

.747

1.222

.689

.525

.903

SES

Low

.806

.652

.995

.824

.695

.978

1.460

1.212

1.758

1.118

.898

1.391

(ref.: Very low)

High

.862

.688

1.079

.859

.717

1.029

1.881

1.548

2.286

1.812

1.432

2.293

Very high

.918

.718

1.173

.796

.656

.966

2.035

1.650

2.511

2.168

1.667

2.819

Interaction year × SES

Low × 2010

1.044

.772

1.411

1.216

.945

1.565

1.064

.797

1.422

1.799

1.301

2.489

(ref.: Very low x 2010)

High × 2010

1.163

.857

1.578

1.003

.778

1.292

1.227

.918

1.640

1.408

1.009

1.963

Very high × 2010

.931

.671

1.293

1.132

.867

1.477

1.167

.863

1.577

1.190

.837

1.694

Sex (ref.: Male)

Female

1.387

1.250

1.540

.955

.882

1.035

1.837

1.684

2.004

2.319

2.086

2.578

Age

30-44

.935

.795

1.099

.828

.732

.937

1.458

1.288

1.651

1.197

1.029

1.392

(ref.: 18–29)

45-64

.652

.552

.771

.548

.483

.622

2.591

2.277

2.949

1.214

1.038

1.421

65 or over

.895

.742

1.081

.445

.382

.519

5.137

4.286

6.158

1.168

.953

1.432

Level of education

Secondary

.814

.698

.948

1.003

.881

1.142

1.029

.882

1.200

1.181

.997

1.401

(ref.: <Secondary)

College

.771

.649

.916

.981

.849

1.133

.924

.784

1.091

1.466

1.208

1.778

University

.729

.616

.864

.892

.774

1.027

.873

.741

1.028

1.446

1.200

1.743

Immigrant status

Has immigrated <10 years

.893

.704

1.133

.718

.600

.860

.524

.435

.632

.646

.528

.789

(ref.: Born in Canada)

Has immigrated ≥10 years

1.013

.866

1.184

1.064

.945

1.198

.977

.855

1.115

.970

.824

1.142

Morbidity

≥1 risk factor

1.159

.991

1.355

1.094

.974

1.230

2.398

2.100

2.738

2.929

2.465

3.480

(ref.: None)

1 chr. disease

1.540

1.347

1.761

1.476

1.332

1.634

1.722

1.537

1.928

2.313

1.992

2.687

≥2 chr. diseases

2.863

2.399

3.419

2.429

2.084

2.832

2.657

2.165

3.261

3.429

2.605

4.514

Perceived health

Good

.579

.507

.663

.655

.583

.735

1.127

.980

1.297

.748

.626

.895

(ref.: Poor/Average)

Very good

.398

.344

.461

.514

.456

.580

1.191

1.034

1.372

.698

.583

.835

Excellent

.383

.322

.455

.425

.369

.489

1.133

.970

1.324

.533

.441

.644