Table 5.

Gender difference in factors affecting self-care among older adults in Bangladesh

	Male (N = 2145)								Female (N = 2031)
	COR	p-value	LL	UL	OR	p-value	LL	UL	COR	p-value	LL	UL	OR	p-value	LL	UL
Age groups (reference: 60–64)
65–69	2.66	0.01	1.34	5.31	2.52	0.01	1.26	5.06	1.63	0.12	0.88	3.02	1.66	0.11	0.89	3.10
70–74	2.53	0.01	1.22	5.27	2.28	0.03	1.08	4.80	2.67	0.00	1.49	4.77	2.57	0.00	1.42	4.66
75–79	2.96	0.01	1.31	6.70	2.86	0.01	1.25	6.56	5.37	0.00	2.98	9.68	5.45	0.00	2.96	10.01
80+	8.45	0.00	4.41	16.18	8.13	0.00	4.16	15.88	11.17	0.00	6.73	18.55	10.58	0.00	6.18	18.12
Marital status (reference: others)
Currently Married	0.57	0.06	0.32	1.03	0.84	0.58	0.45	1.56	0.47	0.00	0.32	0.70	0.89	0.61	0.58	1.38
Education (reference: literate)
Illiterate	1.15	0.50	0.76	1.75	1.12	0.63	0.71	1.76	1.91	0.03	1.07	3.42	1.39	0.30	0.75	2.60
Suffering from at least one chronic condition (reference: no)
Yes	2.86	0.00	1.89	4.34	3.05	0.00	1.99	4.69	1.69	0.00	1.23	2.31	1.73	0.00	1.24	2.41
Wealth index (reference: poor)
Middle	1.15	0.54	0.73	1.80	1.32	0.25	0.82	2.14	0.89	0.52	0.62	1.27	0.95	0.81	0.65	1.40
Rich	1.00	0.99	0.57	1.73	1.29	0.44	0.68	2.43	1.32	0.18	0.88	1.97	1.65	0.04	1.03	2.63
Residence (reference: urban)
Rural	1.77	0.02	1.08	2.89	1.77	0.03	1.04	2.99	1.90	0.00	1.29	2.80	2.33	0.00	1.51	3.59
Division (reference: Barisal)
Chittagong	1.11	0.78	0.55	2.23	1.19	0.65	0.57	2.47	0.84	0.52	0.49	1.43	0.95	0.85	0.53	1.68
Dhaka	0.69	0.31	0.34	1.42	0.66	0.28	0.31	1.39	0.62	0.07	0.36	1.04	0.72	0.24	0.41	1.25
Khulna	0.72	0.42	0.32	1.62	0.80	0.60	0.34	1.86	0.37	0.01	0.18	0.74	0.42	0.02	0.20	0.87
Rajshahi	0.87	0.74	0.37	2.01	1.06	0.89	0.45	2.53	0.67	0.20	0.36	1.23	0.78	0.45	0.41	1.49
Rangpur	0.43	0.12	0.15	1.25	0.50	0.21	0.17	1.48	0.55	0.10	0.27	1.11	0.71	0.38	0.34	1.51
Sylhet	0.99	0.98	0.42	2.35	0.86	0.74	0.35	2.11	0.67	0.26	0.33	1.34	0.75	0.43	0.36	1.55

Abbreviations: COR Crude odds ratio, OR Odds ratio, LL Lower limit, UL Upper limit