Table 4.

Results of Logistic Regression Predicting Likelihood of Having Marital Conflict Among U.S. Chinese Older Adults (N = 2,237)

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age	1.00	0.99–1.01	1.00	0.99–1.01	1.00	0.99–1.02	1.00	0.99–1.02
Women	0.71***	0.59–0.86	0.76**	0.62–0.92	0.76**	0.62–0.92	0.74**	0.60–0.90
Years of education	1.08***	1.06–1.11	1.08***	1.05–1.10	1.08***	1.06–1.10	1.09***	1.06–1.11
Incomea
$5,000–$9,999	0.90	0.73–1.11	0.91	0.73–1.13	0.93	0.74–1.14	0.96	0.77–1.19
$10,000 or above	1.13	0.86–1.49	1.08	0.81–1.45	1.11	0.83–1.48	1.14	0.85–1.53
Good/very good health	0.78**	0.65–0.94	0.82*	0.67–0.99	0.85*	0.70–1.03	0.92	0.75–1.13
Years in the United States	1.01	1.00–1.01	1.00	1.00–1.01	1.00	1.00–1.02	1.00	1.00–1.01
Level of acculturation	0.28*	0.10–0.81	0.29*	0.10–0.85	0.31*	0.11–0.92	0.36	0.13–1.09
Number of children			0.97	0.90–1.05	0.97	0.90–1.05	0.97	0.89–1.05
Living with children			1.00	0.81–1.22	0.97	0.79–1.20	0.99	0.80–1.21
Living with spouse			1.68*	0.93–0.97	1.70*	1.05–2.75	1.67*	1.03–2.71
Children’s filial piety			0.95***	1.04–2.72	0.95***	0.93–0.97	0.96***	0.94–0.98
Number of friendsb
1–9					0.85	0.64–1.13	0.87	0.65–1.17
10–20					0.78	0.55–1.11	0.83	0.58–1.19
More than 20					0.59**	0.42–0.83	0.61**	0.43–0.86
Sense of mastery							0.98**	0.97–0.99

Notes: CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.

^aReference group is $0–$4,999.

^bReference group is no friend.

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.