Table 3.

Multinomial logistic regression

			Preferred aging care modela
			Cohabiting with children, cared by family		Professional institutions
			OR (95 % CI)		OR (95 % CI)
Predisposing variables	Age	60–69	0.556	(0.222–1.394)	0.641	(0.226–1.821)
		70–79	0.858	(0.388–1.898)	0.676	(0.270–1.964)
		80+ (Ref.)			.	.
	Gender	Male	1.026	(0.614–1.714)	0.959	(0.535–1.719)
		Female (Ref.)	.		.	.
	Education	Illiterate	2.704	(0.948–7.717)	0.917	(0.265–3.175)
		Primary-	4.399***	(1.940–9.975)	1.553	(0.603–4.000)
		Secondary	4.199***	(2.067–8.531)	2.405*	(1.081–5.353)
		Tertiary + (Ref.)	.	.	.	.
Enabling variables	Monthly income	Less than 3000	2.225*	(1.165–4.249)	1.498	(0.715–3.318)
		3000+ (Ref.)	.	.	.	.
	Live situation	Alone	0.195***	(0.096–0.396)	0.444*	(0.194–0.905)
		With spouse only	0.920	(0.510–1.685)	0.882	(0.454–1.714)
		Cohabiting with children or others (Ref.)		.	.	.
	Number of family-friend helpers	0–3	0.409*	(0.202–0.828)	0.411*	(0.174–0.969)
		3 + (Ref.)	.	.	.	.
Need variables	Chronic disease	0	0.652	(0.333–1.274)	1.137	(0.526–2.456)
		1+ (Ref.)	.	.	.	.
	ADL	0	1.771	(0.672–4.664)	1.835	(0.595–5.653)
		1+ (Ref.)	.	.	.	.
	IADL	0	0.982	(0.384–2.514)	0.938	(0.319–2.758)
		1+ (Ref.)	.	.	.	.
Community variables	Home Based Care center	Yes	2.566	(0.524–12.556)	3.144	(0.582–16.988)
		No (Ref.)	.	.	.	.
	Day-care center	Yes	0.360	(0.068–1.907)	0.105	(0.008–1.317)
		No (Ref.)	.	.	.	.
	Activity center	Yes	1.330	(0.769–2.299)	1.256	(0.676–2.335)
		No (Ref.)	.	.	.	.
	Distance to healthcare center	1 km or less	0.489*	(0.272–0.879)	1.183	(0.594–2.354)
		2 km or more (Ref.)	.	.	.	.

CI confidence interval

*p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001

^aThe reference category is living independently at home is the reference group. Nagelkerke’s pseudo-R ² = 0.14