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

Table 3 Factors associated with the preferred location of care from multiple logistic regression analysis^a (n = 539)

		OR	95% CI	p-value
Sex^b	Women	0.65	0.42–0.99	0.04^*
Age (years)	Unit = 1 year	1.04	1.01–1.07	0.01^**
Household size^c	Married couples/2- or 3-generation families living together	1.59	0.71–3.56	0.26
Self-reported health^d	Very good/good	0.99	0.51–1.92	0.98
Occupation	Self-employed	1.97	0.97–4.01	0.06
Occupation	Part-time employee	1.02	0.65–1.62	0.93
Experience of caring for family	Have experience	0.59	0.39–0.90	0.01^*
Relationship with neighbours^e	Go to each other’s house/Talk if we meet	1.22	0.82–1.80	0.33
Kind of motivation in life	Hobby	1.27	0.85–1.88	0.24
	Go to culture lessons/study to satisfy interests	0.56	0.37–0.85	0.01^**
	Volunteer works	0.93	0.54–1.59	0.79
	Spending time happily with family	1.65	1.13–2.41	0.01^**
Knowledge of municipality’s care prevention policy^f	Know well/Know a little	1.62	0.83–3.13	0.16
Number of information sources	Unit = 1 source	1.20	1.02–1.42	0.03^*
Types of information sources	Television	1.04	0.58–1.84	0.91

^aPreference for home = 1, preference for facility = 0. ^bReference: men. ^cReference: living alone. ^dReference: not good/poor. ^eReference: only greeting/almost no relationship. ^fReference: not well informed/no knowledge
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01; Hosmer-Lemeshow test χ ² = 4.82, p-value = 0.78. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

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