Table 2.

Analysis of the willingness to live in elder care institutions according to the family environment of the respondents

Variables	Total		Willingness to live in institutions
	n	%	n	%
Children
Yes	950	94.7	415	43.7
No	53	5.3	39	73.6
χ2			18.1
P value			< 0.001
Marital status
Married	593	59.4	213	35.9
Others	410	40.6	241	58.8
χ2			51.1
P value			< 0.001
Living arrangement
Living alone	282	28.1	193	68.4
Living with spouse	428	42.7	165	38.6
Living with children	147	14.7	56	38.1
Living with spouse and children	146	14.6	40	28.1
χ2			90.7
P value			< 0.001
Disease caregiver
Spouse	494	49.3	177	35.8
Son/daughter	356	35.5	166	46.6
Other relatives	15	1.5	7	46.7
Nursing workers	90	9.0	69	76.7
By self	48	4.8	35	72.9
χ2			68.7
P value			< 0.001
Parent–child relationship
Good	883	87.9	399	45.2
Normal	84	8.4	37	44.0
Bad	36	3.6	18	50.0
χ2			0.38
P value			0.83

Bold values emphasize the statistical significance.