Table 1.
Multinomial logistic regression results: influence of individual characteristics and contextual factors on Level 1 latent class membership.
| Predictors | Comparison: High Ageist Attitude vs. Low Ageist Attitude | Comparison: Moderate Ageist Attitude vs. Low Ageist Attitude | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 a | Model 2 b | Model 3 c | Model 1 a | Model 2 b | Model 3 c | ||
| Odds Ratio (95% CI) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | ||
| Individual characteristics | |||||||
| Age | 0.97 (0.96–0.98) ** | - | 0.98 (0.97–0.99) ** | 0.98 (0.97–0.99) ** | - | 1.0 (0.99–1.01) | |
| Sex | Female | Ref | - | Ref | Ref | - | Ref |
| Male | 1.2 (1.1–1.3) ** | - | 1.2 (1.1–1.3) ** | 1.2 (1.1–1.3) ** | - | 1.0 (0.96–1.2) | |
| Education | None or incomplete primary | Ref | - | Ref | Ref | - | Ref |
| Complete primary | 0.46 (0.43–0.50) ** | - | 0.90 (0.84–0.97) ** | 0.55 (0.51–0.59) ** | - | 0.84 (0.78–0.90) ** | |
| At least some secondary | 0.27 (0.25–0.29) ** | - | 0.61 (0.57–0.67) ** | 0.47 (0.44–0.51) ** | - | 0.79 (0.74–0.84) ** | |
| University education | 0.18 (0.17–0.20) ** | - | 0.57 (0.53–0.61) ** | 0.37 (0.35–0.39) ** | - | 0.70 (0.66–0.74) ** | |
| Income (higher) | 1.2 (0.99–1.4) | - | - | 1.1 (0.87–1.38) | - | - | |
| Contextual factors | |||||||
| Healthy life expectancy | - | 0.56 (0.43–0.73) ** | 0.87 (0.82–0.93) ** | - | 0.70 (0.54–0.90) ** | 0.91 (0.86–0.97) ** | |
| Population health status as self-reported | - | 1.0 (0.98–1.02) | - | - | 1.01 (0.99–1.03) | - | |
| Income inequality | - | 1.02 (0.99–1.03) | - | - | 1.01 (0.98–1.04) | - | |
| Proportion of older people | - | 0.21 (0.20–0.22) ** | 0.32 (0.30–0.34) ** | - | 0.45 (0.44–0.46) ** | 0.52 (0.51–0.53) ** | |
a mutually adjusted without country-level predictors. b adjusted for Level 1 predictors. c mutually adjusted for Level 1 and Level 2 predictors. ** p value < 0.001.