Table 2.
Combination of different types of help according to different determinants, weighted proportions adjusted for age
| Receives only formal help | Receives formal and other type of help | Receives only other than formal help | No help | All | Distribution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted N a | Weighted %b | ||||||
| All | 3 | 11 | 21 | 65 | 100 | 1,166 | 100.0 |
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 3 | 12 | 23 | 61 | 100 | 759 | 62.5 |
| Male | 3 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 100 | 407 | 37.5 |
| Age | |||||||
| 70–74 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 82 | 100 | 410 | 44.9 |
| 75–79 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 68 | 100 | 256 | 28.0 |
| 80–84 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 42 | 100 | 315 | 17.2 |
| 85+ | 6 | 36 | 33 | 26 | 100 | 185 | 10.0 |
| Cognitive ability | |||||||
| Good | 2 | 7 | 19 | 72 | 100 | 525 | 48.9 |
| Fairly good | 3 | 12 | 17 | 68 | 100 | 358 | 30.6 |
| Fairly poor | 7 | 14 | 30 | 49 | 100 | 165 | 12.7 |
| Poor | 3 | 24 | 37 | 37 | 100 | 116 | 7.8 |
| Mobility | |||||||
| No limitations | 2 | 4 | 12 | 82 | 100 | 620 | 58.4 |
| Some limitations | 4 | 10 | 31 | 55 | 100 | 328 | 26.9 |
| Severe limitations | 7 | 35 | 44 | 14 | 100 | 217 | 14.7 |
| PADL limitations | |||||||
| No limitations | 3 | 6 | 17 | 74 | 100 | 857 | 76.9 |
| Limitations in 1–2 functions | 3 | 15 | 33 | 49 | 100 | 182 | 14.6 |
| Limitations in 3–5 functions | 11 | 41 | 35 | 13 | 100 | 125 | 8.5 |
| IADL limitations | |||||||
| No limitations | 2 | 3 | 15 | 80 | 100 | 746 | 69.8 |
| Limitations in 1–2 functions | 4 | 16 | 37 | 42 | 100 | 214 | 17.1 |
| Limitations in 3–4 functions | 8 | 40 | 41 | 12 | 100 | 194 | 13.1 |
| Education | |||||||
| More than upper basic | 4 | 7 | 19 | 70 | 100 | 279 | 24.8 |
| Upper basic | 2 | 8 | 23 | 68 | 100 | 300 | 26.7 |
| Lower basic or unknown | 3 | 14 | 21 | 62 | 100 | 587 | 48.5 |
| Household equivalized income | |||||||
| 1st quartile (highest) | 4 | 9 | 16 | 70 | 100 | 273 | 25.0 |
| 2nd quartile | 2 | 10 | 21 | 67 | 100 | 282 | 25.0 |
| 3rd quartile | 3 | 11 | 25 | 62 | 100 | 292 | 25.0 |
| 4th quartile (lowest) | 3 | 13 | 21 | 63 | 100 | 319 | 25.0 |
| Type of municipality | |||||||
| Rural | 2 | 10 | 21 | 67 | 100 | 349 | 29.9 |
| Densely populated | 2 | 12 | 22 | 63 | 100 | 468 | 40.8 |
| Ten largest cities | 4 | 9 | 18 | 68 | 100 | 349 | 29.3 |
| Living arrangements and spousal help | |||||||
| Lives alone | 5 | 12 | 20 | 62 | 100 | 591 | 47.9 |
| Lives with spouse, all | 1 | 8 | 20 | 71 | 100 | 493 | 45.9 |
| No help from the spouse | 1 | 5 | 7 | 87 | 100 | 393 | 38.0 |
| Receives help from the spouse | 0 | 18 | 82 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 8.0 |
| Lives with other(s) than spouse | 1 | 12 | 41 | 46 | 100 | 82 | 6.1 |
| Help from children or their spouses | |||||||
| No help from children | 3 | 3 | 9 | 85 | 100 | 678 | 62.6 |
| Less than weekly help | 0 | 22 | 78 | 0 | 100 | 80 | 6.1 |
| One or a few times a week | 0 | 29 | 71 | 0 | 100 | 134 | 9.4 |
| At least daily help | 0 | 44 | 56 | 0 | 100 | 89 | 5.9 |
| No children | 9 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 100 | 185 | 16.0 |
| Help from other relatives, friends and neighbors | |||||||
| No help from others | 3 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 100 | 1016 | 89.8 |
| Less than weekly help | 0 | 25 | 75 | 0 | 100 | 70 | 5.0 |
| At least weekly help | 0 | 28 | 72 | 0 | 100 | 76 | 5.2 |
Direct age adjustment with the population of women and men combined as the standard population and with age classes 70–74, 75–79, 80-84 and 85+
a N are the unweighted number of observations
bPercentages are calculated as weighted with sampling weights