Table 3.
Predictors of Custodial Grandchildren Use of Community-Based Mental Health Services by Recruitment Source
| Predictors | Convenience (n = 326)
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Probability (n = 277)
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Combined (n = 603)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | |
| Recruitment Source | ||||||
| Convenience | 1.44 | 0.92 – 2.25 | ||||
| Probability | 1.00 | |||||
| Predisposing Variables | ||||||
| Age GC (years) | 1.10 | 0.99 – 1.21 | 0.87 | 0.75 – 1.00 | 1.03 | 0.96 – 1.11 |
| Gender GC | ||||||
| Male | 1.01 | 0.56 – 1.83 | 0.97 | 0.43 – 2.17 | 0.99 | 0.64 – 1.55 |
| Female | 1.00 | |||||
| Race Grandmother | ||||||
| Caucasian | 0.91 | 0.47 – 1.76 | 4.60** | 1.84 – 11.52 | 1.62 | 0.99 – 2.65 |
| African American | 1.00 | |||||
| Age GM (years) | 1.02 | 0.98 – 1.06 | 1.08** | 1.02 – 1.14 | 1.03 | 1.00 – 1.06 |
| Enabling Variables | ||||||
| GM Education Level | 0.99 | 0.72 – 1.35 | 0.96 | 0.63 – 1.47 | 1.02 | 0.81 – 1.30 |
| Locale | ||||||
| Urban | 0.65 | 0.30 – 1.43 | 1.53 | 0.45 – 5.17 | 0.88 | 0.48 – 1.61 |
| Rural | 1.00 | |||||
| Neighborhood Risk | ||||||
| No Risk | 0.78 | 0.33 – 1.81 | 0.34 | 0.10 – 1.16 | 0.66 | 0.34 – 1.29 |
| Risk | 1.00 | |||||
| Formal Legal Status | ||||||
| No | 0.49 | 0.19 – 1.27 | 0.68 | 0.27 – 1.71 | 0.65 | 0.35 – 1.21 |
| Yes | 1.00 | |||||
| GM Marital Status | ||||||
| Married | 1.05 | 0.58 – 1.90 | 0.91 | 0.42 – 1.96 | 1.03 | 0.66 – 1.59 |
| Not Married | 1.00 | |||||
| GM Physical Health | 1.11 | 0.81 – 1.51 | 1.25 | 0.86 – 1.82 | 1.08 | 0.87 – 1.36 |
| GC Physical Health | 0.83 | 0.60 – 1.16 | 1.02 | 0.65 – 1.60 | 0.94 | 0.73 – 1.21 |
| Family Annual Income | 1.12 | 0.96 – 1.30 | 1.03 | 0.83 – 1.29 | 1.09 | 0.97 – 1.23 |
| Expressive Support | 1.06 | 0.97 – 1.15 | 0.98 | 0.87 – 1.11 | 1.03 | 0.96 – 1.10 |
| Service Satisfaction | 1.05 | 0.96 – 1.14 | 1.09 | 0.96 – 1.24 | 1.05 | 0.99 – 1.13 |
| Need Variables | ||||||
| GM Depression | 1.01 | 0.97 – 1.05 | 1.04 | 0.99 – 1.08 | 1.02 | 0.99 – 1.04 |
| GM Feelings of Shame | 0.93 | 0.83 – 1.04 | 1.04 | 0.88 – 1.22 | 0.96 | 0.88 – 1.04 |
| GM Role Captivity | 1.26** | 1.08 – 1.46 | 1.03 | 0.83 – 1.29 | 1.17** | 1.04 – 1.31 |
| GC Externalizing | 1.04 | 0.96 – 1.12 | 1.15** | 1.04 – 1.28 | 1.08** | 1.02 – 1.15 |
| GC Internalizing | 0.98 | 0.90 – 1.08 | 1.01 | 0.90 – 1.14 | 1.00 | 0.94 – 1.07 |
| Other GC Med/Psych Dx | ||||||
| None | 0.27*** | 0.14 – 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.21 – 1.04 | 0.35*** | 0.22 – 0.56 |
| ≥ 1 | 1.00 | |||||
| CG Use School Services | ||||||
| No | 0.19*** | 0.10 – 0.34 | 0.08*** | 0.03 – 0.19 | 0.16*** | 0.10 – 0.25 |
| Yes | 1.00 | |||||
| Pseudo R2 values | .45 | .57 | .48 | |||
Note. Categories with odds ratio = 1.00 are reference categories. GM = Custodial Grandmother; GC = Custodial Grandchild.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001