Table 4.
Logistic Regression Analyses of Financial Exploitation in the Last 6 Months Onto Socio-Demographic Variables, Physical Disability, Cognitive Function, Risk for Depression, Household Living Arrangements, and Social Network/Social Support Measures (n = 864).
| Social network model |
Perceived social support model |
Combined social network & perceived social support model |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (SE) | p value | OR (SE) | p value | OR (SE) | p value | |
| Male | 0.96 (0.48) | .936 | 0.80 (0.40) | .664 | 0.86 (0.44) | .772 |
| African American | 8.25 (3.79) | <.001 | 9.39 (4.38) | <.001 | 8.98 (4.19) | <.001 |
| Age | 0.99 (0.02) | .666 | 0.99 (0.02) | .583 | 0.99 (0.02) | .610 |
| Educationa | ||||||
| Less than high school | 1.57 (1.23) | .565 | 1.56 (1.23) | .574 | 1.86 (1.50) | .442 |
| Some college | 0.71 (0.40) | .543 | 0.83 (0.42) | .709 | 0.77 (0.41) | .619 |
| College graduate | 1.62 (0.95) | .413 | 1.86 (1.06) | .280 | 1.54 (0.90) | .460 |
| Any IADL difficulty | 1.79 (0.84) | .213 | 1.45 (0.68) | .435 | 1.50 (0.71) | .398 |
| Any ADL difficulty | 0.30 (0.15) | .018 | 0.28 (0.15) | .020 | 0.30 (0.17) | .034 |
| Cognitive functionb | 0.97 (0.05) | .558 | 0.98 (0.50) | .750 | 0.97 (0.05) | .609 |
| Risk for depressionc | 3.92 (1.83) | .004 | 2.62 (1.36) | .064 | 2.67 (1.40) | .062 |
| Household living arrangements | ||||||
| Live alone | 0.37 (0.30) | .218 | 0.38 (0.32) | .258 | 0.32 (0.28) | .191 |
| Live with spouse | 0.91 (0.59) | .886 | 1.21 (0.79) | .773 | 1.08 (0.69) | .906 |
| Live with son | 0.55 (0.36) | .360 | 0.57 (0.37) | .391 | 0.56 (0.37) | .383 |
| Live with daughter | 0.45 (0.31) | .244 | 0.44 (0.31) | .244 | 0.49 (0.33) | .290 |
| Live with other family | 0.80 (0.52) | .725 | 0.70 (0.49) | .618 | 0.67 (0.46) | .566 |
| Live with non-family | 0.79 (0.97) | .847 | 0.67 (0.81) | .739 | 0.66 (0.85) | .748 |
| Social network sized | 1.04 (0.02) | .104 | 1.06 (0.03) | .021 | ||
| Perceived social supporte | 0.94 (0.03) | .069 | 0.92 (0.03) | .017 | ||
| Model R2 (Nagelkerke) | .218 | .223 | .249 | |||
Note. All analyses are weighted. All significance testing accounted for complex survey design. IADL = instrumental activities of daily living; ADL = activities of daily living; HRS AHEAD = Health and Retirement Study Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old; CESD = Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; SNI = Social Network Index; ISEL = interpersonal support evaluation list.
Reference category is high school graduate.
Assessed by brief telephone measure of cognitive status from the HRS AHEAD study.
Score of 8 or higher on CESD.
SNI “Number of people in social network” measure.
ISEL total score.