Table 2.
Correlations of long-term care services with individual and municipality characteristics. Correlations significant at p < 0.001 are italicized
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | 15. | 16. | 17. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Amount of home care | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. | Amount of practical assistance | 0.085 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Long-term stay in an institution (0 = no/1 = yes) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. | ADL | 0.189 | 0.184 | 0.528 b | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5. | IADL | 0.187 | 0.211 | 0.506 b | 0.832 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Cognitive impairment | 0.143 | 0.208 | 0.485 b | 0.638 | 0.670 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 7. | Social functioning | 0.162 | 0.277 | 0.427 b | 0.584 | 0.630 | 0.796 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 8. | Life management | 0.170 | 0.234 | 0.493 b | 0.647 | 0.729 | 0.755 | 0.779 | 1 | |||||||||
| 9. | Age | -0.009 | -0.171 | 0.290 b | 0.254 | 0.278 | 0.040 | -0.184 | 0.026 | 1 | ||||||||
| 10. | Gender (0 = female/1 = male) | 0.019 b | 0.058 b | -0.074 a | -0.038 b | -0.001 b | 0.033 b | 0.074 b | 0.053 b | -0.191 b | 1 | |||||||
| 11. | Living arrangements (0 = cohabitant/1 = alone) | 0.089 b | 0.089 b | -0.137 b | -0.091 b | -0.135 b | -0.122 b | -0.098 b | 0.170 b | -0.055 a | 1 | |||||||
| 12. | Centrality (1: most central − 6: least central) | 0.038 | -0.010 | -0.032 b | -0.036 | -0.041 | -0.036 | -0.041 | -0.027 | 0.023 | 0.006b | -0.007b | 1 | |||||
| 13. | Population size | -0.042 | 0.011 | 0.061 b | 0.054 | 0.063 | 0.043 | 0.034 | 0.020 | 0.031 | -0.009 b | 0.017 b | -0.598 | 1 | ||||
| 14. | Unrestricted revenues | 0.002 | -0.007 | 0.028 b | 0.003 | 0.004 | -0.007 | -0.030 | -0.023 | 0.068 | -0.003 b | 0.002 b | 0.399 | 0.191 | 1 | |||
| 15. | Number of FTEs | 0.033 | 0.002 | -0.017 b | -0.025 | -0.026 | -0.026 | -0.033 | -0.020 | 0.036 | 0.003 b | 0.005 b | 0.716 | -0.476 | 0.454 | 1 | ||
| 16. | Proportion of elderly in the municipality (‰) | 0.023 | -0.013 | -0.013 b | -0.023 | -0.024 | -0.032 | -0.045 | -0.028 | 0.068 | -0.007 b | 0.009 b | 0.658 | -0.466 | 0.425 | 0.761 | 1 | |
| 17. | Proportion of elderly in nursing homes (%) | -0.038 | -0.001 | 0.099 b | 0.039 | 0.044 | 0.022 | 0.011 | 0.017 | 0.058 | -0.008 b | 0.002 b | -0.003 | 0.295 | 0.318 | 0.058 | -0.014 | 1 |
a phi coefficient
b point-biserial correlation