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. 2020 Apr 8;17(7):2559. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072559

Table 3.

Factors influencing long-term care need among older adults with chronic disease.

Factors ADLs Disability ADLs Score IADLs Disability IADLs Score
dF/dx Std. Err. dF/dx Std. Err. dF/dx Std. Err. dF/dx Std. Err.
Family consumption
 Quantile_2 (Poorer) −0.007 0.014 −0.130 0.101 −0.023 0.015 −0.320 *** 0.123
 Quantile_3 (Middle) −0.025 ** 0.012 −0.307 *** 0.105 −0.016 0.013 −0.357 *** 0.104
 Quantile_4 (Richer) −0.020 0.022 −0.313 *** 0.108 −0.046 *** 0.016 −0.396 ** 0.161
 Quantile_5 (Richest) −0.020 0.012 −0.263 ** 0.112 −0.017 0.015 −0.344 *** 0.126
Age group
 55–64 0.054 *** 0.015 0.500 *** 0.089 0.047*** 0.013 0.389 *** 0.139
 65–74 0.136 *** 0.017 0.828 *** 0.101 0.127*** 0.016 0.876 *** 0.140
 ≥75 0.240 *** 0.036 1.266 *** 0.148 0.253*** 0.029 1.492 *** 0.145
Household size
 3–4 −0.002 0.022 0.035 0.158 0.019 0.027 0.244 0.202
 5–6 −0.017 0.024 −0.092 0.161 0.026 0.031 0.251 0.202
 ≥7 0.010 0.026 0.023 0.178 0.012 0.033 0.260 0.187
Male −0.042 *** 0.014 −0.074 0.092 −0.028 * 0.016 0.094 0.106
Marriage 0.024 * 0.015 0.005 0.117 0.002 0.017 −0.099 0.105
Hukou −0.005 0.017 −0.026 0.107 −0.029* 0.015 −0.121 0.121
Urban −0.032 0.021 −0.233*** 0.087 −0.016 0.016 −0.072 0.116
Education level
 Primary school −0.012 0.011 −0.084 0.086 −0.033 *** 0.011 −0.383 *** 0.074
 Middle school −0.046 ** 0.019 −0.159 0.112 −0.045 ** 0.017 −0.412 *** 0.153
 High school and above −0.074 *** 0.021 −0.579 *** 0.146 −0.086 *** 0.014 −0.735 *** 0.106
Insurance coverage
 Basic insurance −0.021 0.025 −0.150 0.190 −0.035 0.028 −0.049 0.230
 Business insurance −0.036 0.027 −0.509** 0.252 −0.071** 0.024 −0.318 0.278
Ethnic group 0.003 0.015 −0.068 0.135 −0.005 0.034 −0.061 0.199
Alcohol consumption −0.008 0.005 −0.188 *** 0.044 −0.031 *** 0.006 −0.327 *** 0.053
Tobacco consumption −0.004 0.016 0.006 0.088 0.007 0.015 0.060 0.092
Party member −0.044 *** 0.015 −0.199 * 0.118 −0.030 ** 0.011 −0.190 0.150
Hunger experience
 Period 1 0.041 ** 0.019 0.288 *** 0.088 0.028 ** 0.013 0.218 *** 0.104
 Period 2 0.039 ** 0.020 0.117 0.106 0.037 * 0.020 0.129 0.157
 Period 3 0.054 *** 0.021 0.309 *** 0.100 0.050 *** 0.016 0.325 *** 0.119
Vaccine −0.007 0.012 −0.288 *** 0.090 −0.029 ** 0.012 −0.218 ** 0.098
Daily medical source −0.021 * 0.012 −0.030 0.102 −0.041 *** 0.014 −0.124 0.093
Childhood health
 Somewhat healthier −0.004 0.018 −0.054 0.114 0.006 0.014 0.007 0.105
 Average −0.014 0.011 −0.237 ** 0.096 −0.002 0.014 −0.122 *** 0.090
 Less healthy −0.008 0.018 −0.165 0.140 0.025 0.021 0.120 0.141
 Much less healthy 0.057 *** 0.022 0.201 0.154 0.081 *** 0.022 0.290 ** 0.105

Note: * p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01; dF/dx means partial effects of each variable and evaluated at sample means; Std. Err. means Standard Errors; Province fixed effect was controlled in the regression model and Standardized Error was clustered at the province level.