Table 3.

Odds ratios from logistic regression model explaining home care receipt

	Odds ratio	(95 % CI)
Need for caregiving
No. of ADL’s
1-2	1.11	(0.96–1.29)
3-4	1.85**	(1.57–2.17)
5-6	3.19**	(2.61–3.89)
No. of IADL's
2-3	2.40**	(2.03–2.82)
4-5	4.27**	(3.56–5.12)
6-8	6.00**	(4.91–7.33)
Age	1.02**	(1.01–1.03)
Demographics
Female	0.95	(0.85–1.07)
Race
African American	0.68**	(0.56–0.83)
Other	0.80	(0.45–1.41)
Hispanic	1.00	(0.76–1.32)
Economic resources
Education
High school grad	1.45**	(1.29–1.64)
College degree	2.22**	(1.83–2.71)
Family income
15,000–29,999	1.07	(0.92–1.23)
30,000–49,999	1.06	(0.84–1.34)
50,000–74,999	1.15	(0.86–1.54)
75,000+	1.98**	(1.33–2.95)
Missing	0.93	(0.81–1.06)
Home assets
Yes, but missing	0.65**	(0.56–0.74)
<150,000	0.62**	(0.54–0.71)
≥150,000	0.66**	(0.54–0.80)
Year
1994	1.13	(0.98–1.29)
1999	0.59**	(0.50–0.69)
2004	0.36**	(0.31–0.43)
Informal resources
Informal care hours
0	4.37**	(3.66–5.21)
1-8	2.44**	(2.05–2.91)
9-24	1.35**	(1.12–1.62)
Marital status
Single	1.06	(0.80–1.42)
Widowed	1.47**	(1.28–1.68)
Divorced	1.49**	(1.21–1.83)
Number of children
1	0.71**	(0.59–0.85)
2	0.69**	(0.58–0.81)
3	0.63**	(0.52–0.76)
4+	0.61**	(0.51–0.73)

NLTCS, 1989-2004 (N = 11.725). Model includes state fixed effects

*p < .05, **p < .01