Table 2.

Median and estimated median differences (Laplace regression) in months with late life dependency among people 70 years and older who entered the late life dependency period during autumn 2008 in Sweden

	n	Median age at entrance	Median no of months	Bivariate*		Adjusted†
		into Dependency	With dependency	Coef	P-value	Coef	P-value
Age group
70–74	1417	72	40.0	ref		ref
75–79	2834	77	38.2	− 1.65	0.404	− 1.45	0.403
80–84	4774	82	34.8	− 5.01	0.008	− 4.88	0.002
85–89	5659	87	31.5	− 8.38	< 0.001	− 9.24	< 0.001
90–94	2435	91	27.1	− 12.80	< 0.001	− 14.18	< 0.001
95 +	396	96	24.3	− 15.49	< 0.001	− 17.69	< 0.001
Gender
Men	6576	84	22.6	ref		ref
Women	10,939	85	40.0	17.42	< 0.001	17.12	< 0.001
Cohabitation status
Living alone	12,398	85	36.2	ref		ref
Cohabiting	5117	83	25.7	− 10.48	< 0.001	− 5.92	< 0.001
Education
Compulsory	10,594	85	32.3	ref		ref
Upper secondary	5045	84	32.4	0.10	0.924	0.61	0.440
Tertiary	1876	83	34.3	2.00	0.132	3.80	< 0.001
Country of birth
Sweden	16,132	84	32.2	ref		ref
Nordic	781	81	38.5	6.25	0.003	3.34	0.125
Outside Nordic	602	81	35.0	2.95	0.298	0.43	0.873
Constant						31.74	< 0.001

^*Estimates are based on Laplace regression models for each variable separate

^†Estimates are based on a Laplace regression model adjusted for all other variables