Table 4

Gender differences in mental health help-seeking behaviour: multinomial logistic regression analysis

Variables	Received help from non-professionals*		Received help from professionals*
Variables	aOR (95% CI)	P value	aOR (95% CI)	P value
Gender
Female	1.49 (1.21 to 1.84)	0.000†	0.70 (0.56 to 0.86)	0.001†
Male	Ref.		Ref.
Area of residence
Urban	1.24 (0.97 to 1.58)	0.090	1.04 (0.81 to 1.35)	0.755
Rural	Ref.		Ref.
Monthly family income (BDT)
<10 000	1.59 (1.14 to 2.23)	0.007†	0.90 (0.62 to 1.32)	0.603
10 000–20 000	1.15 (0.87 to 1.52)	0.329	0.82 (0.61 to 1.10)	0.190
20 000–30 000	1.05 (0.82 to 1.34)	0.701	0.79 (0.61 to 1.02)	0.069
30 000–50 000	1.14 (0.91 to 1.43)	0.239	0.78 (0.61 to 0.99)	0.039†
>50 000	Ref.
Education
Primary and secondary	0.87 (0.57 to 1.34)	0.532	1.37 (0.91 to 2.06)	0.129
Higher secondary	0.99 (0.79 to 1.26)	0.955	0.91 (0.69 to 1.19)	0.477
Graduate and above	Ref.
Marital status
Unmarried	0.95 (0.74 to 1.20)	0.656	0.66 (0.51 to 0.85)	0.001†
Married or widowed	Ref.
Occupation
Student	1.20 (0.88 to 1.63)	0.252	0.87 (0.63 to 1.20)	0.400
Homemaker	0.95 (0.65 to 1.37)	0.764	0.82 (0.57 to 1.20)	0.309
Doing a job	1.02 (0.72 to 1.44)	0.909	0.94 (0.67 to 1.32)	0.731
Business	1.25 (0.72 to 2.16)	0.427	0.77 (0.44 to 1.36)	0.373
Others	Ref.
Intercept		0.000		0.762