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. 2015 Jul 29;72(3):510–521. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbv038

Table 5.

Population-Averaged Logit Models on the Likelihood of Receiving Formal Support, by Country

Germany Italy France Denmark
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
Age 0.107*** (7.403) 0.094*** (6.301) 0.045*** (3.286) 0.043*** (3.172) 0.069*** (8.215) 0.062*** (7.286) 0.118*** (9.320) 0.117*** (9.191)
Female (ref. male) 0.296 (1.253) 0.216 (0.901) 0.227 (1.205) 0.206 (1.088) −0.034 (−0.300) −0.074 (−0.639) 0.033 (0.176) 0.031 (0.161)
Number of limitations with ADL 0.369*** (4.103) 0.361*** (3.805) 0.126 (1.577) 0.097 (1.202) 0.155** (2.276) 0.107 (1.542) 0.344*** (3.098) 0.339*** (2.967)
Number of limitations with IADL 0.297*** (3.937) 0.284*** (3.637) 0.324*** (4.970) 0.256*** (3.805) 0.392*** (7.925) 0.326*** (6.503) 0.630*** (8.060) 0.605*** (7.639)
Education (ref. low)
 Intermediate 0.176 (0.765) 0.178 (0.759) 0.649** (2.459) 0.693*** (2.615) 0.113 (0.814) 0.154 (1.093) −0.359* (−1.842) −0.347* (−1.774)
 High −0.228 (−0.673) −0.308 (−0.879) 0.213 (0.456) 0.219 (0.476) −0.349* (−1.797) −0.257 (−1.316) −0.581** (−2.398) −0.592** (−2.417)
Income quintile (ref. I)
 II 0.403 (1.522) 0.427 (1.561) 0.527* (1.795) 0.466 (1.565) −0.192 (−1.360) −0.137 (−0.957) 0.021 (0.114) 0.057 (0.304)
 III 0.500* (1.674) 0.503 (1.629) 0.672** (2.265) 0.632** (2.109) 0.045 (0.297) 0.090 (0.585) 0.326 (1.254) 0.338 (1.285)
 IV 0.785** (2.323) 0.683* (1.941) 0.602* (1.945) 0.645** (2.058) −0.241 (−1.424) −0.203 (−1.180) 0.214 (0.551) 0.275 (0.704)
 V 1.223*** (3.706) 1.176*** (3.482) 0.845*** (2.607) 0.904*** (2.776) −0.286 (−1.567) −0.253 (−1.363) −0.134 (−0.312) −0.060 (−0.139)
Financial wealth quintile (ref. I)
 II −0.177 (−0.654) −0.079 (−0.284) 0.023 (0.067) 0.062 (0.180) 0.103 (0.628) 0.089 (0.538) −0.204 (−0.998) −0.206 (−0.999)
 III −0.001 (−0.004) 0.045 (0.155) 0.016 (0.063) 0.032 (0.124) −0.002 (−0.012) 0.039 (0.223) −0.333 (−1.432) −0.307 (−1.308)
 IV −0.016 (−0.053) 0.133 (0.428) 0.022 (0.084) 0.028 (0.108) −0.014 (−0.079) 0.025 (0.140) −0.425 (−1.570) −0.372 (−1.362)
 V −0.689* (−1.851) −0.587 (−1.515) 0.167 (0.649) 0.165 (0.633) 0.135 (0.741) 0.182 (0.986) −0.590** (−1.980) −0.524* (−1.751)
Home owner −0.403** (−2.003) −0.480** (−2.319) −0.230 (−0.901) −0.312 (−1.210) −0.084 (−0.672) −0.130 (−1.025) −0.595*** (−3.408) −0.618*** (−3.489)
No coresiding partner (ref. yes) 1.609*** (7.110) 1.426*** (5.899) 0.276 (1.298) 0.212 (0.969) 0.354*** (2.961) 0.304** (2.432) 1.310*** (6.830) 1.331*** (6.677)
Parenthood status (ref. has at least one coresiding child)
 Childless 1.232*** (3.659) 1.303*** (3.803) 0.951*** (3.557) 0.936*** (3.489) 0.485** (2.265) 0.533** (2.441) 1.380*** (2.648) 1.311** (2.478)
 Has children, all living outside the household 0.982*** (3.454) 0.932*** (3.152) 0.538*** (2.689) 0.483** (2.396) 0.365** (2.038) 0.423** (2.311) 0.850* (1.779) 0.835* (1.716)
Receives informal support with personal care from outside the household 1.874*** (5.758) 1.100*** (3.925) 0.690** (2.103) 2.721*** (3.286)
Receives informal support with household chores or paperwork from outside the household 0.724*** (3.447) 0.623*** (2.899) 0.750*** (6.301) 0.288* (1.704)
Receives informal support with personal care from within the household −0.175 (−0.470) 0.512** (2.079) 0.633*** (2.791) 0.074 (0.166)
Constant −13.190*** (−10.800) −12.470*** (−9.940) −7.574*** (−7.210) −7.543*** (−7.143) −6.910*** (−10.550) −6.610*** (−9.983) −11.690*** (−10.360) −11.770*** (−10.310)
Observations 2,622 2,622 2,715 2,715 2,678 2,678 1,809 1,809
Number of num_id 1,952 1,952 1,936 1,936 1,815 1,815 1,316 1,316
Wald χ2 (18)/(21) 312.64 319.05 195.17 210.88 342.18 382.17 346.46 343.27
Prob. > χ2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Notes. ADL = activities of daily living; IADL = instrumental activities of daily living. Z statistics in parentheses.

***p < .01. **p < .05. *p < .1.