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Table 4 Logistic regression analyses predicting helping intentions and helping behaviour in 2017

From: Australian R U OK?Day campaign: improving helping beliefs, intentions and behaviours

Predictor variable

Intentions to help close friend who might be troubled

Intentions to help close friend who is obviously troubled

Helping behaviour/reaching out to someone who might be troubled

B (SE)

Odds ratio [95% CI]

B (SE)

Odds ratio [95% CI]

B (SE)

Odds ratio [95% CI]

Sex

 Male (ref)

      

 Female

.335 (.129)**

1.398 [1.086–1.799]

.527 (.177)**

1.694 [1.198–2.397]

.783 (.121)***

2.189 [1.727–2.774]

Age group

 16–24 (ref)

      

 25–34

− .382 (.211)

.683 [.451–1.033]

− 3.20 (.271)

.726 [.427–1.236]

− .271 (.256)

.763 [.462–1.259]

 35–44

− .574 (.210)**

.563 [.373–.850]

− .591 (.267)*

.554 [.328–.935]

− .916 (.239)***

.400 [.250–.640]

 45–54

.052 (.230)

1.054 [.672–1.653]

.217 (.310)

1.242 [.676–2.281]

− .791 (.243)**

.454 [.282–.731]

 55–64

.662 (.268)*

1.939 [1.146–3.282]

1.152 (.412)**

3.166 [1.412–7.099]

− 1.004 (.244)***

.366 [.227–.591]

 65+

.607 (.247)*

1.834 [1.131–2.976]

1.229 (.389)**

3.417 [1.594–7.328]

− 1.332 (.231)***

.264 [.168–.415]

Geographical location

 Non-metropolitan (ref)

      

 Metropolitan

− .119 (.163)

.888 [.645–1.220]

− .022 (.225)**

.979 [.630–1.519]

− .041 (.140)

.960 [.730–1.262]

Exposure to campaign

 No exposure (ref)

 Some exposure (aware but did not participate)

.700 (.146)***

2.013 [1.514–2.678]

1.092 (1.99)***

2.979 [2.017–4.400]

.297 (.131)**

1.346 [1.040–1.741]

 Highest exposure (aware and participated)

1.077 (.190)***

2.936 [2.022–4.262]

.836 (.231)***

2.308 [1.467–3.631]

1.863 (.232)***

6.445 [4.094–10.146]

Help seeking

 No help sought (ref)

      

 Sought help

− .022 (.179)

.978 [.689–1.390]

− .160 (.232)

.852 [.541–1.343]

.632 (.209)**

1.881 [1.250–2.831]

 Rather not say

− .374 (.302)

.688 [.381–1.243]

− .584 (.356)

.558 [.278–1.121]

− .103 (.330)

.902 [.473–1.722]

Constant

1.074 (.248)***

2.926

1.515 (.325)***

4.549

1.303 (253)***

3.679

Model χ2

105.114*** (df = 11)

 

103.934*** (df = 11)

 

236.968*** (df = 11)

 
  1. * p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001