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. 2010 Jul 22;50(6):744–757. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnq053

Table 3.

Logistic Regression Analyses of Financial Exploitation and Psychological Mistreatment Since Turning 60 and in the Past 6 Months onto Race, Other Sociodemographic Variables, Household Composition, Cognitive Function, Physical Disability, and Risk for Depression

Financial exploitation since turning 60 (n = 878) Financial exploitation past 6 months (n = 878) Psychological mistreatment since turning 60 (n = 880) Psychological mistreatment past 6 months (n = 880)
OR (SE) p Value OR (SE) p Value OR (SE) p Value OR (SE) p Value
African American 3.91 (1.22) <.001 8.57 (3.79) <.001 2.30 (0.73) .009 2.18 (0.91) .062
Male 1.18 (0.39) .612 0.86 (0.43) .768 0.85 (0.23) .552 0.84 (0.29) .607
Age (years)
    60–64a 0.63 (0.25) .239 0.48 (0.31) .253 0.54 (0.18) .060 0.79 (0.31) .547
    75–84a 1.27 (0.43) .472 1.26 (0.62) .643 0.38 (0.13) .005 0.24 (0.14) .012
    85 and oldera 0.40 (0.22) .093 0.31 (0.23) .114 0.18 (0.14) .031 0.25 (0.21) .098
Less than high schoolb 1.03 (0.49) .947 1.44 (1.08) .629 1.67 (0.81) .288 2.23 (1.19) .135
Some collegeb 0.81 (0.29) .550 0.70 (0.39) .522 1.88 (0.59) .044 1.77 (0.72) .160
College graduateb 1.19 (0.47) .663 2.13 (1.31) .218 1.57 (0.59) .225 0.71 (0.39) .535
Widowedc 2.36 (1.79) .257 3.03 (4.29) .434 0.18 (0.16) .049 0.30 (0.20) .070
Divorced/separatedc 1.48 (1.14) .614 4.58 (6.52) .284 0.34 (0.30) .227 0.43 (0.29) .209
Never marriedc 0.99 (0.92) .995 1.01 (1.68) .994 0.12 (0.12) .037 0.40 (0.32) .248
Live with/spouse 2.13 (1.60) .312 7.53 (10.11) .133 0.33 (0.29) .205 0.88 (0.55) .842
Live with/son 0.68 (0.44) .550 0.82 (0.52) .751 1.64 (0.62) .188 1.74 (0.77) .208
Live with/daughter 1.56 (0.62) .259 0.59 (0.36) .384 0.70 (0.32) .432 1.01 (0.57) .986
Live with/other family 2.20 (0.88) .049 1.54 (0.97) .496 1.40 (0.50) .343 1.69 (0.81) .276
Cognitive function 1.01 (0.04) .695 0.98 (0.05) .708 1.05 (0.04) .224 0.96 (0.04) .276
Any IADL difficulty 1.97 (0.60) .027 1.71 (0.84) .273 1.29 (0.35) .342 0.95 (0.35) .890
Any ADL difficulty 0.67 (0.24) .273 0.24 (0.14) .013 0.67 (0.29) .343 0.80 (0.41) .659
Risk for depressiond 2.56 (0.75) .001 4.28 (2.08) .003 3.14 (0.88) <.001 6.17 (2.23) <.001

Notes: Outcome variable is any financial exploitation or psychological mistreatment; see Table 2 footnote for definitions.

Models also control for method of data collection (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview, Interactive Voice Response, Computer-Assisted Personal Interview, Audio Computer-Assisted Self Interview; not shown). ADL = activities of daily living; IADL = instrumental activities of daily living.

a

Age 65–74 reference category.

b

High school graduate reference category

c

Married reference category

d

8+ Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression Scale.