Predictors of preferred location of care in middle-aged individuals of a municipality in Japan: a cross-sectional survey

Sugimoto, Kentaro; Kashiwagi, Masayo; Tamiya, Nanako

doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2293-1

Table 2 Factors associated with preferred location of care (n = 693)

From: Predictors of preferred location of care in middle-aged individuals of a municipality in Japan: a cross-sectional survey

		Preferred location				p-value
		Home (n = 440)		Facility (n = 253)		p-value
Sex	Men	187	42.9	76	30.3	<0.01^**
	Women	249	57.1	175	69.7
	Missing	4		2
Age	Median (25–75%)	53	(47–60)	50	(45–58)	<0.01^**a
Age	Missing	10		3
Household size	Living alone	15	3.5	16	6.5	0.17
	Married couples	85	19.8	56	22.6
	2- or 3-generation families living together	282	65.6	155	62.5
	Others	48	11.2	21	8.5
	Missing	10		5
Number of family members	Median (25–75%)	3	(3–5)	3	(2–4)	0.33^a
Number of family members	Missing	28		23
Disease (receiving treatment or experiencing subsequent effects)	Have disease	201	54.2	117	53.9	0.95
	No disease	170	45.8	100	46.1
	Missing	69		36
Self-reported health	Very good/good	397	90.9	224	88.9	0.41
	Not good/poor	40	9.2	28	11.1
	Missing	3		1
Occupation	Employment/Self-employment	344	78.7	190	75.4	0.31
	No occupation	93	21.3	62	24.6
	Missing	3		1
Type of occupation	Full-time employment	163	37.3	87	34.5	0.47
	No full-time employment	274	62.7	165	65.5
	Missing	3		1
	Part-time employment	103	23.6	71	28.2	0.18
	No part-time employment	334	76.4	181	71.8
	Missing	3		1
	Self-employment	57	13.0	20	7.9	0.04^*
	No self-employment	380	87.0	232	92.1
	Missing	3		1
Experience with caring for family	Have experience	172	40.6	99	41.8	0.76
	No experience	252	59.4	138	58.2
	Missing	16		16
Relationship with neighbours	House visits/talking if met	218	53.0	107	45.7	0.07
	Only greeting/almost no relationship	193	47.0	127	54.3
	Missing	29		19
Effort to promote health and prevent disease	Make an effort	400	92.4	233	93.2	0.69
	Do not make an effort	33	7.6	17	6.8
	Missing	7		3
Motivation in life	Have motivation in life	416	97.4	236	96.3	0.42
	No motivation in life	11	2.6	9	3.7
	Missing	13		8
Kind of motivation in life	Hobby	163	38.2	80	32.7	0.15
	No hobby	264	61.8	165	67.4
	Missing	13		8
	Job	85	19.9	47	19.2	0.82
	No job	342	80.1	198	80.8
	Missing	13		8
	Sports	125	29.3	62	25.3	0.27
	No sports	302	70.7	183	74.7
	Missing	13		8
	Go to culture lessons/study to satisfy interests	107	25.1	95	38.8	<0.01^**
	Not go to culture lessons/study to satisfy interests	320	74.9	150	61.2
	Missing	13		8
	Volunteer work	62	14.5	45	18.4	0.19
	Not volunteer work	365	85.5	200	81.6
	Missing	13		8
	Spending time happily with family	209	49.0	95	38.8	0.01^*
	Not spending time happily with family	218	51.1	150	61.2
	Missing	13		8
	Friends and neighbours	151	35.3	77	31.4	0.30
	No friends and neighbours	276	64.6	168	68.6
	Missing	13		8
	Others	11	2.6	6	2.5	0.92
	No others	416	97.4	239	97.6
	Missing	13		8
Knowledge of municipality's care prevention policy	Well informed/a little knowledge	64	15.0	18	7.5	<0.01^**
	Not well informed/No knowledge	362	85.0	222	92.5
	Missing	14		13
Number of information source	Median (25–75%)	2	(1–3)	2	(1–3)	<0.01^**a
Number of information source	Missing	7		5
Types of information source	Municipality’s public relations magazine	318	73.4	175	70.6	0.42
	Other	115	26.6	73	29.4
	Missing	7		5
	Friends	68	15.7	38	15.3	0.89
	Not friends	365	84.3	210	84.7
	Missing	7		5
	Television	82	18.9	37	14.9	0.18
	Not television	351	81.1	211	85.1
	Missing	7		5
	Personal computer	44	10.2	28	11.3	0.64
	Not personal computer	389	89.8	220	88.7
	Missing	7		5

^* p < 0.05, ^** p < 0.01; ^aWilcoxon rank sum test, other variables: χ ² test

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