. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2013 Sep;28(3):10.1007/s10823-013-9208-3. doi: 10.1007/s10823-013-9208-3

Table 1. Older Mexican-Americans use of long-term care by time inputs.

	Women (N = 628)		Men (N = 391)

	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Use of nursing-home or assisted living facility Care time	.05	.21	.05	.22
QALY^a weights ^**	.49	.27	.62	.26
ADL^b ^**	.20	.40	.12	.33
I-ADL^c ^**	.53	.50	.27	.45
Kin availability
Number of living children	4.80	2.81	5.39	2.74
Child Proximity (hours)	.26	1.35	.53	2.50
Child Co-residence^**	.34	.47	.26	.44
Live with spouse^**	.35	.48	.78	.41
Covariates
Age (years)	78.3	5.20	77.9	4.80
Any Medicaid	.36	.48	.26	.44

QALY = Quality-adjusted Life Years

ADL = Activities of Daily Living

I-ADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living.

^**

p < .01