Table 3.

Summary of effect of social networks upon any nursing home use and any low-level care use

	Low-level carea		Nursing Homeb
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Any use over study period
Children
Mid tertile	1.44	0.97 – 2.15	1.02	0.69 – 1.50
Upper tertile	0.97	0.64 – 1.46	0.60	0.40 – 0.90
Overall ${\chi }_2^2$c	4.81		8.60*
Relatives
Mid tertile	0.98	0.66 – 1.44	0.81	0.56 – 1.18
Upper tertile	1.00	0.65 – 1.53	0.76	0.50 – 1.17
Overall ${\chi }_2^2$	0.02		1.81
Friends
Mid tertile	1.05	0.71 – 1.55	0.78	0.54 – 1.14
Upper tertile	1.29	0.85 – 1.95	0.70	0.46 – 1.06
Overall ${\chi }_2^2$	1.56		3.13
Confidants
Mid tertile	1.53	1.04 – 2.24	0.67	0.46 – 0.97
Upper tertile	1.10	0.67 – 1.79	0.49	0.31 – 0.77
Overall ${\chi }_2^2$	5.16		10.75*
Total
Mid tertile	1.49	1.01 – 2.21	0.55	0.37 – 0.81
Upper tertile	1.25	0.80 – 1.95	0.54	0.35 – 0.83
Overall ${\chi }_2^2$	4.05		12.21*

Lower tertile is referent category in all analyses

a: Complete data available for 1103 cases.

b: Complete data available for 1078 cases.

c, *: χ²on 2 df;values > 5.99 significant at P < 0.05