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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Elder Abuse Negl. 2013 Mar;25(2):97–125. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2013.751811

TABLE 6.

Association of Social Support and Elder Mistreatment in Urban and Rural Populations

Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Model A Model B Model C Model D
Urban Population
Age 0.94 (0.90-0.98) 0.94 (0.89-0.98) 0.93 (0.89-0.98) 0.92 (0.87-0.97)
Sex 0.85 (0.46-1.56) 0.88 (0.47-1.67) 0.94 (0.49-1.81) 0.93 (0.48-1.79)
Education 0.99 (0.92-1.08) 0.99 (0.92-1.08) 0.99 (0.92-1.08)
Income 1.59 (1.15-2.22) 1.56 (1.12-2.18) 1.58 (1.12-2.22)
Marital Status 1.65 (0076-3.58) 1.62 (0.73-3.56)
Number of Children 1.20 (0.96-1.50) 1.19 (0.94-1.49)
Medical Co-morbidities 1.43 (1.07-1.93)
Social Support 1.14 (1.08-1.20) 1.11 (1.05-1.18) 1.13 (1.06-1.20) 1.11 (1.04-1.19)
Rural Population
Age 1.04 (0.98-1.11) 1.05 (0.98-1.12) 1.03 (0.96-1.11) 1.04 (0.97-1.12)
Sex 0.87 (0.40-1.86) 0.84 (0.38-1.87) 0.85 (0.37-1.96) 0.79 (0.34-1.89)
Education 0.89 (0.79-0.99) 0.87 (0.77-0.99) 0.88 (0.77-0.99)
Income 0.74 (0.49-1.09) 0.58 (0.37-0.93) 0.61 (0.38-0.98)
Marital Status 0.58 (0.22-1.53) 0.55 (0.21-1.45)
Number of Children 1.50 (1.13-1.99) 0.79 (0.34-1.89)
Medical Co-morbidities 1.66 (1.10-2.49)
Social Support 1.20 (1.10-1.31) 1.19 (1.09-1.30) 1.22 (1.11-1.34) 1.19 (1.08-1.31)