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. 2013 Oct 4;5(1):40–47. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000473

Table 3.

Influence of selected sociodemographic variables on advance care planning outcomes

OR p>|z| (95% CI)
Model 1: Has heard of ACP
Female 1.117 0.423 0.852 1.465
Age (6 categories) 1.178 0.002 1.062 1.306
Education (4 categories) 1.310 0.002 0.102 1.557
Income (5 categories) 1.027 0.688 0.901 1.172
Has ‘kids’ in household 0.537 0.014 0.326 0.884
Not born in Canada 0.928 0.712 0.626 1.376
Fraser Health Authority 1.227 0.169 0.917 1.642
Model 2: Discussed ACP with family/friends
Female 1.579 <0.001 1.271 1.952
Age (6 categories) 1.396 <0.001 1.289 1.511
Education (4 categories) 0.985 0.828 0.863 1.125
Income (5 categories) 1.125 0.026 1.014 1.247
Has ‘kids’ in household 0.801 0.173 0.583 1.102
Not born in Canada 0.939 0.699 0.687 1.286
Fraser Health Authority 1.212 0.106 0.959 1.530
Model 3: Discussed ACP with healthcare provider
Female 0.893 0.500 0.643 1.241
Age (6 categories) 1.234 <0.001 1.085 1.402
Education (4 categories) 0.920 0.413 0.753 1.123
Income (5 categories) 0.792 0.004 0.674 0.930
Has ‘kids’ in household 0.359 0.008 0.169 0.765
Not born in Canada 1.871 0.003 1.229 2.847
Fraser Health Authority 1.204 0.305 0.845 1.716
Model 4: Has a written ACP plan
Female 1.207 0.173 0.921 1.583
Age (6 categories) 1.681 <0.001 1.493 1.892
Education (4 categories) 1.346 0.001 1.132 1.600
Income (5 categories) 1.059 0.398 0.927 1.211
Has ‘kids’ in household 1.004 0.987 0.612 1.646
Not born in Canada 1.050 0.805 0.711 1.551
Fraser Health Authority 0.504 <0.001 0.370 0.687
Model 5: Has a designated decision maker
Female 1.194 0.099 0.967 1.473
Age (6 categories) 1.454 <0.001 1.334 1.578
Education (4 categories) 1.018 0.792 0.892 1.161
Income (5 categories) 1.171 0.003 1.056 1.298
Has ‘kids’ in household 1.036 0.831 0.749 1.434
Not born in Canada 0.914 0.573 0.668 1.250
Fraser Health Authority 0.756 0.018 0.599 0.954
Model 6: Aggregated ACP behaviour
Female 1.37 0.001 1.140 1.646
Age (6 categories) 1.478 <0.001 1.376 1.587
Education (4 categories) 1.072 0.236 0.956 1.202
Income (5 categories) 1.117 0.018 1.019 1.224
Has ‘kids’ in household 0.858 0.278 0.65 1.132
Not born in Canada 1.019 0.895 0.773 1.342
Fraser Health Authority 0.91 0.356 0.744 1.112
Cut 1 1.467 0.948 1.985
Cut 2 2.45 1.922 2.977
Cut 3 3.462 2.92 4.003
Cut 4 4.721 4.154 5.287
Cut 5 6.222 5.58 6.864

Logistic regression models of ACP outcomes on selected sociodemographic variables Canadian Ipsos Reid sample (n=1523), ORs and 95% CIs. Model 1 thru Model 5 use binary outcomes and Model 6 uses an ordinal outcome.

Bold text indicates that the coefficient is significant.

ACP, advance care planning.