The relationship between formal and informal care among Chinese older adults: based on the 2014 CLHLS dataset

Table 3 The effect of home-based formal care on receiving informal care among older adults (n = 1697)

	OLS⁺		IV⁺⁺ (2SLS)
	Beta	St. Beta	Beta	St. Beta
Constant	− 49.478**		− 397.771**
Primary care^a	−29.524**	− 0.128	476.068**	2.066
Gender^b	3.106	0.026	17.358*	0.146
Age	0.801**	0.142	2.787**	0.496
Marital status^c	−8.669*	−0.067	47.070**	0.362
Residence status^d	11.243**	0.097	−16.181*	−0.139
Income per capita yearly	9.489E-5⁺⁺⁺*	−0.052	− 0.001**	− 0.420
Cognitive status	5.729**	0.0085	3.366	0.050
Number of available social services in the community	0.775	0.025	9.615**	0.305
Number of expected social services in the community	−0.861	−0.037	0.520	0.028
R ²	0.081		0.031
F-statistic	16.209**		5.954**

Note: ⁺ordinary least square, ⁺⁺instrument variable, ⁺⁺⁺ 0.00009489,*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
^aReferent is formal care. ^b Referent is female. ^c Referent is married. ^d Referent is urban sample

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