The relationship between motherhood and use of mental health care services among married migrant and non-migrant women: a national register study

Table 3 Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for outpatient mental health service use^a

	Model 1 (n=72998)	Model 2 (n=72998)
Non-mother	1.00	1.00
Mother, perinatal	0.92 (0.85-1.00)^	0.90 (0.82-0.99)*
Mother, > perinatal	0.94 (0.86-1.03)	0.90 (0.81-1.00)^
Non-migrants	1.00	1.00
Migrants, Western	0.75 (0.66-0.85)***	0.71 (0.61-0.84)***
Migrants, non-Western	0.62 (0.56-0.68)***	0.58 (0.51-0.66)***
18-24 years	1.27 (1.14-1.42)***	1.27 (1.14-1.42)***
25-29 years	1.00	1.00
30-34 years	0.98 (0.90-1.07)	0.99 (0.91-1.07)
35-40 years	0.87 (0.79-0.95)**	0.87 (0.79-0.96)**
Higher education	1.00	1.00
<High school/unknown	1.65 (1.49-1.82)***	1.65 (1.49-1.82)***
High school	1.36 (1.25-1.48)***	1.35 (1.25-1.47)***
Frequent primary care attendence	2.42 (2.19-2.67)***	2.41 (2.18-2.66)***
Not in employed/studying	1.56 (1.43-1.69)***	1.55 (1.43-1.67)***
Mother, perinatal * Western		1.08 (0.80-1.45)
Mother, > beyond perinatal * non-Western		1.11 (0.90-1.49)
Mother, perinatal* Western		1.14 (0.83-1.56)
Mother > perinatal* non-Western		1.20 (0.96-1.51)

^a Based on married women aged 18-40 and married migrants with ≥5 years in Norway; ^p<0.1, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

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