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Table 4 Mixed effects logistic regression model for seeking healthcare at a government and private healthcare facilities

From: Migrant workers’ occupation and healthcare-seeking preferences for TB-suspicious symptoms and other health problems: a survey among immigrant workers in Songkhla province, southern Thailand

Variable

Category

Government healthcare facility

Private healthcare facility

OR*

95% CI

p-value#

OR*

95% CI

p-value#

Current work

Rubber tapper

1b

0.01 – 0.16

<.001

1b

0.52 - 2.32

<.001

Factory worker

0.04a

3.57 – 41.20

 

1.09b

 

Construction worker

12.14c

  

0.06a

0.24 - 0.16

Legal status

No documentation

1a

1.26 – 66.38

<.001

   

Labour card

9.13b

11.52 – 325.5

    

Labour card + health card

61.22c

     

Sex

Male

1

1.39 – 9.79

.006

   

Female

3.69

     

Age group

0-20 yr

   

1a

1.20 - 3.99

.035

21–30 yr

   

2.19b

0.81 - 5.79

 

31–100 yr

   

2.16ab

  

Marital status

Single

1a

0.86 – 6.95

.009

1a

0.96 - 3.26

.047

Separated/divorced/widowed

2.45ab

1.59 – 9.08

 

2.78ab

1.14 - 6.80

 

Married

3.78b

  

1.77b

  

Duration of stay

Per year

1.17

1.05 – 1.31

.003

1.22

1.11 - 1.35

<.001

Illness

Common cold

2.1

0.34 – 13.1

.416

0.36

0.09 - 1.46

.170

 

Aches and pains

0.48

0.03 – 9.01

.627

4.32

0.24 - 76.5

.319

 

GI system

3.79

1.71 – 8.41

<.001

1.78

1.06 - 2.98

.028

 

Respiratory system

4.06

1.60 – 10.33

.002

1.47

0.81 - 2.69

.207

 

Urinary system

1.94

0.93 – 4.05

.069

1.05

0.62 - 1.77

.869

 

Obstetric problems

20.58

5.51 – 76.9

<.001

0.97

0.48 - 1.94

.923

 

Gynaecologic problems

0.52

0.15 – 1.76

.286

0.61

0.29 - 1.29

.192

 

Other health problems

   

2.20

0.16 - 30.0

.536

  1. # Likelihood ratio test.
  2. Odds ratios within the same variable within each model not having a superscript in common differ significantly (P < 0.05, Wald test).