Table 5. Poisson estimation of relative rates of being reclaimed by socioeconomic characteristics.
| (relative ratios) | 1976–2013 | 1996–2013 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 8 | Model 9 | Model 10 | Model 11 | |
| Family Characteristics | ||||
| Proportion never married | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.11 | |
| Proportion divorced/separated | 1.16 | 1.17 | 0.88 | |
| Proportion living away from family1 | 1.17 | 1.170 | 1.98* | |
| Economic Characteristics | ||||
| Proportion unemployed2 | 0.6 | 0.97 | ||
| Proportion living in poverty3 | 1.01 | 0.46 | ||
| Migration/Immigration | ||||
| Proportion moved to California within 12 months4 | 7.5 | |||
| Proportion immigrant5 | 1.98 | |||
| Proportion non-US Citizen6 | 1.64 | |||
| Demographic Characteristics | ||||
| Female | (reference) | |||
| Male | 0.86*** | 0.87** | 0.88** | 0.78*** |
| White | (reference) | |||
| African American | 0.50*** | 0.49*** | 0.49*** | 0.72* |
| Other | 1.15 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 0.91 |
| 15–19 | (reference) | |||
| 20–24 | 1.79 | 1.77 | 1.77 | 0.48 |
| 25–34 | 2.44 | 2.47 | 2.49 | 0.54 |
| 35–44 | 2.27 | 2.35 | 2.38 | 0.41 |
| 45–54 | 2.38 | 2.49 | 2.51 | 0.48 |
| 55–64 | 1.99 | 2.09 | 2.08 | 0.4 |
| 65–74 | 1.92 | 2 | 1.97 | 0.34 |
| 75–84 | 1.73 | 1.8 | 1.77 | 0.33 |
| 85+ | 1.87 | 1.91 | 1.88 | 0.29 |
| Year = 1976 | (reference) | na | ||
| Year = 1979 | 0.68** | 0.67** | 0.67** | na |
| Year = 1983 | 1.69*** | 1.69*** | 1.70*** | na |
| Year = 1986 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.17 | na |
| Year = 1989 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.85 | na |
| Year = 1993 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | na |
| Year = 1996 | 0.66*** | 0.65*** | 0.65*** | (reference) |
| Year = 1999 | 0.69** | 0.69** | 0.69** | 1.13 |
| Year = 2003 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 1.44** |
| Year = 2006 | 1 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 1.62*** |
| Year = 2009 | 1.46*** | 1.46*** | 1.46*** | 2.39*** |
| Year = 2013 | 1.13 | 1.11 | 1.12 | 1.92*** |
| Observations | 491 | 491 | 491 | 246 |
| Pseudo R-squared | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 |
* p < .05,
** p < .01, and
*** p < .001
Poisson models use total unclaimed bodies in each sex-race-age-year category as the exposure to reclaimed bodies. Family and economic characteristics are aggregated by each sex-race-age-year category. Relative ratios represent the multiplicative increase in the risk of being unclaimed associated with one unit increase in the covariate. For continuous family and economic covariates, one unit increase is equivalent to proportions increasing from 0 to 1. Analysis is limited to categories with at least one unclaimed body and to non-veteran civilians aged 15 and above. Data only available for years ending in 3, 6, and 9. Immigration-related variables are only available for years 1996 onwards. Data sources: Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) of the Current Population Survey 1976–2013; Center for Disease Control (CDC) Mortality file 1976–2013; Los Angeles County Office of Decedent Affairs (LACODA) unclaimed bodies (1976–2013). Model 8 includes only demographic characteristics. Model 9 adds family characteristics to Model 8. Model 10 adds economic characteristics to Model 9. Model 11 adds migration/immigration variables to Model 10 and is limited to years 1996–2013; immigration variables were recorded in the ASEC after 1995.
1 Defined as people who are living in households without a person related by blood or marriage.
2 Does not include people who are not in the labor force.
3 Defined as people whose household incomes fall below the 100% Federal Poverty Level (FPL).
4 Defined as people who lived in another state or country 12 months prior to survey date.
5 Defined as people who were not born as US citizens.
6 Does not include naturalized citizens.