Visit to chiropractor in last 12 months1 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (N = 6385) | Yes (N = 1134) | |||||
Participant characteristics | Number | % | Number | % | OR (95% CI)2 | P |
General practitioner location3: | ||||||
- Urban (RRMA 1 and 2) | 4363 | 68 | 711 | 63 | REF | 0.03 |
- Rural (RRMA 3 to 5) | 2022 | 32 | 423 | 37 | 1.29 (1.03 – 1.62) | |
Age group: | ||||||
18-34 | 974 | 15 | 185 | 16 | REF | <0.001 |
35-54 | 2631 | 42 | 562 | 50 | 1.11 (0.92 – 1.35) | |
55-76 | 2712 | 43 | 378 | 34 | 0.73 (0.62 – 0.87) | |
Gender: Female | 4231 | 67 | 757 | 67 | 1.02 (0.87 – 1.20) | 0.81 |
Marital status: | ||||||
- Never married/single | 1139 | 18 | 202 | 18 | REF | 0.24 |
- Widowed/divorced/separated | 1149 | 18 | 179 | 16 | 0.88 (0.74 – 1.06) | |
- Married | 4027 | 64 | 741 | 66 | 1.03 (0.87 – 1.23) | |
Born in Australia | 5104 | 80 | 972 | 86 | 1.44 (1.21 – 1.72) | <0.001 |
English is first language | 6012 | 95 | 1087 | 96 | 1.24 (0.88 – 1.75) | 0.22 |
Lives alone | 877 | 14 | 130 | 12 | 0.82 (0.69 – 0.97) | 0.02 |
Highest level of education: | ||||||
- Completed year 12 or less | 3605 | 57 | 618 | 55 | REF | 0.07 |
- Certificate/diploma | 1292 | 20 | 260 | 23 | 1.19 (1.02 – 1.38) | |
- Bachelor degree or higher | 1448 | 23 | 254 | 22 | 1.04 (0.89 – 1.21) | |
Employment: | ||||||
- Employed/student | 3970 | 62 | 815 | 72 | REF | <0.001 |
- Not employed | 2018 | 32 | 286 | 25 | 0.69 (0.59 – 0.82) | |
- Unable to work4 | 372 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 0.42 (0.31 – 0.57) | |
Pension/benefit is main source of income | 1724 | 27 | 200 | 18 | 0.58 (0.47 – 0.71) | <0.001 |