Preferred aging care arrangements (%) | Likelihood ratio test (p-value) | ||||||
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Total | Cohabiting with children, cared by family | Living at home independently, cared by community | Institutions | ||||
N = 809 | N = 74 | N = 153 | |||||
Total | 78 % | 7.2 % | 14.8 % | ||||
Predisposing variables | Age | 60–69 | 43.4 % | 75.6 % | 7.3 % | 17.1 % | 0.492 |
70–79 | 39.9 % | 80.6 % | 6.8 % | 12.6 % | |||
80+ | 16.7 % | 78.6 % | 7.5 % | 13.9 % | |||
Gender | Male | 49.6 % | 78.0 % | 7.2 % | 14.8 % | 0.954 | |
Female | 50.4 % | 78.2 % | 7.1 % | 14.8 % | |||
Education | Illiterate | 11.8 % | 81.1 % | 8.2 % | 10.7 % | 0.000 | |
Primary- | 30.5 % | 83.9 % | 5.7 % | 10.4 % | |||
Secondary | 48.6 % | 77.3 % | 5.8 % | 16.9 % | |||
Tertiary+ | 9.2 % | 58.9 % | 17.9 % | 23.2 % | |||
Enabling variables | Monthly income | Less than 3000 | 33.2 % | 85.5 % | 4.4 % | 10.2 % | 0.019 |
3000+ | 66.8 % | 74.4 % | 8.5 % | 17.1 % | |||
Current live situation | Alone | 8.1 % | 59.5 % | 20.2 % | 20.2 % | 0.002 | |
With spouse only | 40.6 % | 78.1 % | 6.7 % | 15.2 % | |||
Cohabiting with children or others | 51.3 % | 81.0 % | 5.5 % | 13.6 % | |||
Number of family-friend helpers | 0–3 | 9.3 % | 8.7 % | 17.6 % | 8.5 % | 0.05 | |
3+ | 90.7 % | 91.3 % | 82.4 % | 91.5 % | |||
Need variables | Chronic disease | 0 | 76.6 % | 76.6 % | 7.7 % | 15.7 % | 0.029 |
1+ | 23.4 % | 83.1 % | 5.4 % | 11.6 % | |||
ADL | 0 | 78.9 % | 77.8 % | 6.7 % | 15.4 % | 0.465 | |
1+ | 21.1 % | 79.0 % | 8.7 % | 12.3 % | |||
IADL | 0 | 68.6 % | 77.2 % | 6.9 % | 15.9 % | 0.989 | |
1+ | 31.4 % | 80.0 % | 7.7 % | 12.3 % | |||
Community variables | Home Based Care center | Yes | 6.3 % | 80.0 % | 3.1 % | 16.9 % | 0.328 |
No | 93.7 % | 78.0 % | 7.4 % | 14.6 % | |||
Day-care center | Yes | 1.5 % | 81.3 % | 12.5 % | 6.3 % | 0.207 | |
No | 98.5 % | 78.0 % | 7.1 % | 14.9 % | |||
Activity center | Yes | 35.0 % | 77.7 % | 6.6 % | 15.7 % | 0.516 | |
No | 65.0 % | 78.3 % | 7.4 % | 14.3 % | |||
Distance to healthcare center | 1 km or less | 64.9 % | 73.4 % | 8.5 % | 18.2 % | 0.000 | |
2 km or more | 35.1 % | 86.8 % | 4.7 % | 8.5 % |