Table 3. Post-discharge living arrangements, by gender and duration of LTC facility stay a.
Men | Women | |||||||
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Less than a month | 1-3 months | Over 3 months | Total | Less than a month | 1-3 months | Over 3 months | Total | |
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Non-community | 20.4% (58) | 17.6% (54) | 40.7% (46) | 22.4% (158) | 15.9% (81) | 13.5% (69) | 40.8% (78) | 18.8% (228) |
Alone | 16.8% (48) | 21.2% (65) | 17.7% (20) | 18.9% (133) | 37.8% (192) | 36.5% (187) | 15.2% (29) | 33.7% (408) |
With spouse | 53.0% (151) | 49.7% (152) | 31.0% (35) | 48.0% (338) | 23.8% (121) | 24.4% (125) | 19.9% (38) | 23.5% (284) |
With others | 9.8% (28) | 11.4% (35) | 10.6% (12) | 10.7% (75) | 22.4% (114) | 25.6% (131) | 24.1% (46) | 24.0% (291) |
Results expressed as column percentages with the number of observations for each category shown in the brackets.