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. 2023 Jul 27;23:801. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09641-y

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