Table 3 Odds ratios from logistic regression model explaining home care receipt
From: Who pays for home care? A study of nationally representative data on disabled older Americans
Odds ratio | (95 % CI) | |
|---|---|---|
Need for caregiving | ||
No. of ADL’s | ||
1-2 | 1.11 | (0.96–1.29) |
3-4 | 1.85** | (1.57–2.17) |
5-6 | 3.19** | (2.61–3.89) |
No. of IADL's | ||
2-3 | 2.40** | (2.03–2.82) |
4-5 | 4.27** | (3.56–5.12) |
6-8 | 6.00** | (4.91–7.33) |
Age | 1.02** | (1.01–1.03) |
Demographics | ||
Female | 0.95 | (0.85–1.07) |
Race | ||
African American | 0.68** | (0.56–0.83) |
Other | 0.80 | (0.45–1.41) |
Hispanic | 1.00 | (0.76–1.32) |
Economic resources | ||
Education | ||
High school grad | 1.45** | (1.29–1.64) |
College degree | 2.22** | (1.83–2.71) |
Family income | ||
15,000–29,999 | 1.07 | (0.92–1.23) |
30,000–49,999 | 1.06 | (0.84–1.34) |
50,000–74,999 | 1.15 | (0.86–1.54) |
75,000+ | 1.98** | (1.33–2.95) |
Missing | 0.93 | (0.81–1.06) |
Home assets | ||
Yes, but missing | 0.65** | (0.56–0.74) |
<150,000 | 0.62** | (0.54–0.71) |
≥150,000 | 0.66** | (0.54–0.80) |
Year | ||
1994 | 1.13 | (0.98–1.29) |
1999 | 0.59** | (0.50–0.69) |
2004 | 0.36** | (0.31–0.43) |
Informal resources | ||
Informal care hours | ||
0 | 4.37** | (3.66–5.21) |
1-8 | 2.44** | (2.05–2.91) |
9-24 | 1.35** | (1.12–1.62) |
Marital status | ||
Single | 1.06 | (0.80–1.42) |
Widowed | 1.47** | (1.28–1.68) |
Divorced | 1.49** | (1.21–1.83) |
Number of children | ||
1 | 0.71** | (0.59–0.85) |
2 | 0.69** | (0.58–0.81) |
3 | 0.63** | (0.52–0.76) |
4+ | 0.61** | (0.51–0.73) |