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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2014 Sep 23;27(3):432–453. doi: 10.1177/0898264314551332

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios of Impaired Health and Disability Among All Partnered Women ≥ 50 Years of Age

Poor/Fair
Health
Needs help
with ADL
Needs help
with IADL
Functional
Limitation
Chronic
Condition
Psychological
Distress

AOR AOR AOR AOR AOR AOR
(n=119,383) (n=119,799) (n=119,776) (n=45,962) (n=46,015) (n=45,401)
Relationship Type
  Same-Sex 1.27 * 1.92 ** 1.52 * 1.41 ** 0.85 1.59 **
  Opposite-Sex, Unmarried 1.39 *** 1.36 ** 1.29 ** 1.21 ** 1.04 1.87 ***
  Opposite-Sex, Married (reference group)
Age
  50–64 (reference group)
  65–74 0.76 *** 1.03 0.82 *** 1.15 *** 1.56 *** 0.50 ***
  75+ 1.03 2.23 *** 1.76 *** 1.71 *** 2.12 *** 0.47 ***
Race/Ethnicity
  White (reference group)
  Black 1.78 *** 1.55 *** 1.34 *** 0.98 2.11 *** 0.79 ***
  Hispanic 1.21 *** 0.90 0.81 ** 0.69 *** 1.02 0.93
  Multiple/Other Races 1.12 ** 0.72 ** 0.82 * 0.59 *** 1.02 0.98
Education
  Less than high school 3.29 *** 1.24 ** 1.57 *** 1.79 *** 1.86 *** 2.92 ***
  High school 1.95 *** 0.99 1.15 * 1.32 *** 1.45 *** 1.90 ***
  Some college or technical school 1.64 *** 1.10 1.40 *** 1.41 *** 1.36 *** 1.70 ***
  Missing 2.03 *** 1.42 ** 1.23 * 0.87 0.78 ** 1.62 **
  College graduate (reference group)
Family income relative to FPL
  <100% 3.88 *** 2.62 *** 2.42 *** 1.90 *** 1.47 *** 3.02 ***
  100–199% 2.94 *** 2.06 *** 1.89 *** 1.77 *** 1.44 *** 2.24 ***
  200–399% 1.87 *** 1.46 *** 1.35 *** 1.34 *** 1.27 *** 1.63 ***
  >400% (reference group)
Employment Status
  Not in labor force (reference group)
  Currently working 0.33 *** 0.09 *** 0.11 *** 0.53 *** 0.68 *** 0.50 ***
  Missing 0.36 *** 0.35 *** 0.25 *** 0.17 *** 0.38 **
Child in household 0.91 ** 0.50 *** 0.68 *** 0.84 *** 0.83 *** 1.03
ROC 0.77 0.80 0.79 0.69 0.65 0.71

Notes: AOR = Adjusted odds ratio; FPL = Federal poverty level. All models also adjusted for region and survey year.

*

p < .10;

**

p < .05;

***

p < .001;

No observations