Table 3.
Logistic regressions for difficulties in ADL, 2013
| Variables | Model 1 (individual characteristics) |
Model 2 (model 1+ childhood SES + child health) | Model 3 (model 2 + adult SES) |
Model 4 (model 3 + adult health) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI); p-value | OR (95% CI); p-value | OR (95% CI); p-value | OR (95% CI); p-value | |
| Individual characteristics | ||||
| Gender: women (vs men) | 1.413 (1.287–1.551); <0.001** | 1.373 (1.239–1.521); <0.001** | 1.191 (1.065–1.332); 0.002** | 1.058 (0.929–1.206);0.392 |
| Age group: | ||||
| 60–69 (vs <45–59) | 2.131 (1.889–2.405); <0.001** | 1.949 (1.718–2.211); <0.001** | 1.696 (1.491–1.930); <0.001** | 1.513 (1.331–1.720); <0.001** |
| 70–790 | 3.697 (3.210–4.257); <0.001** | 3.331 (2.857–3.884); <0.001** | 2.871 (2.432–3.388); <0.001** | 2.518 (2.141–2.961); <0.001** |
| ≧80 | 6.554 (5.239–8.200); <0.001** | 5.243 (3.980–6.907); <0.001** | 4.333 (3.335–5.628); <0.001** | 3.910 (3.008–5.082); <0.001** |
| Marital status: not married (others) | 1.390 (1.200–1.611); <0.001** | 1.365 (1.165–1.601); <0.001** | 1.349 (1.159–1.570); <0.001** | 1.372 (1.180–1.596); <0.001** |
| Ethnicity: Minority (vs Han) | 1.243 (0.978–1.581); 0.076 | 1.218 (0.918–1.616); 0.171 | 1.167 (0.884–1.541); 0.274 | 1.112 (0.860–1.438); 0.419 |
| Childhood SES | ||||
| Birth place: rural (vs urban) | 1.272 (0.987–1.638); 0.063 | 1.020 (0.789–1.319); 0.879 | 1.018 (0.786–1.319); 0.893 | |
| Father’ education: no education (vs some education) | 1.264 (1.111–1.437); <0.001** | 1.138 (0.998–1.298); 0.054 | 1.144 (0.999–1.310); 0.053 | |
| Father’s occupation: Manual (vs non-manual) | 0.999 (0.854–1.168); 0.985 | 0.892 (0.767–1.038); 0.140 | 0.917 (0.782–1.075); 0.284 | |
| Childhood health: less than good (vs good) | 1.042 (0.903–1.204); 0.570 | 1.051 (0.919–1.203); 0.466 | 1.017 (0.883–1.171); 0.817 | |
| Adult SES | ||||
| Education (vs junior high and above) | ||||
| Illiterate | 1.634 (1.314–2.030); <0.001** | 1.682 (1.350–2.095); <0.001** | ||
| Only read and write | 1.552 (1.273–1.893); <0.001** | 1.567 (1.283–1.913); <0.001** | ||
| Finished primary | 1.426 (1.177–1.728); <0.001** | 1.428 (1.180–1.729); <0.001** | ||
| Household incomes per capita: | ||||
| Low (vs high) | 1.831 (1.532–2.188); <0.001** | 1.852 (1.537–2.232); <0.001** | ||
| Middle (vs high) | 1.624 (1.355–1.947); <0.001** | 1.583 (1.313–1.907); <0.001** | ||
| Adult health and behaviors | ||||
| Chronic diseases: yes (vs no) | 2.792 (2.418–3.224); <0.001** | |||
| Currently smokers: no (vs yes) | 1.126 (0.932–1.359); 0.218 | |||
| Currently drinkers: no (vs yes) | 1.279 (1.094–1.494); 0.002** | |||
** P < 0.01