Table 3.
Predictors of confidence in addressing emergency situations among U.S. adults aged 50–80 years.
| Very confident in ability to addressa |
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| Power outage | Severe weather | Evacuation from home | ||||
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| aOR b | 95% CI | aOR b | 95% CI | aOR b | 95% CI | |
| Lives Alone | 1.01 | (0.75, 1.36) | 1.06 | (0.81, 1.28) | 0.93 | (0.71, 1.22) |
| Physical Health Status | ||||||
| Excellent to very good | 1.88e | (1.49, 2.38) | 1.83e | (1.49, 2.25) | 1.66e | (1.34, 2.05) |
| Good | reference | |||||
| Fair to poor | 0.90 | (0.68, 1.21) | 1.08 | (0.81, 1.44) | 0.97 | (0.73, 1.30) |
| Uses essential medical equipment requiring electricity | 0.66c | (0.47, 0.93) | 0.83 | (0.58, 1.19) | 0.96 | (0.68, 1.36) |
| Use of mobility aids | 0.65c | (0.45, 0.93) | 0.63d | (0.44, 0.91) | 0.70 | (0.48, 1.01) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 0.86 | (0.71, 1.06) | 0.84 | (0.70, 1.01) | 0.66e | (0.55, 0.80) |
| Male | reference | |||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 0.63d | (0.45, 0.88) | 0.66c | (0.48, 0.92) | 1.02 | (0.73, 1.41) |
| White | reference | |||||
| Hispanic | 0.53e | (0.39, 0.73) | 0.43e | (0.31, 0.61) | 0.70c | (0.50, 0.97) |
| Other, Non-Hispanic | 0.54d | (0.35, 0.85) | 0.50d | (0.33, 0.77) | 0.68 | (0.43, 1.02) |
| Age | ||||||
| 50 to 64 years | reference | |||||
| 65 to 80 years | 1.00 | (0.81, 1.22) | 0.72d | (0.59, 0.86) | 0.90 | (0.75, 1.08) |
| Total household income | ||||||
| Less than $30,000 | 1.00 | (0.73, 1.38) | 0.90 | (0.66, 1.22) | 0.86 | (0.63, 1.18) |
| $30,000 to $59,999 | reference | |||||
| $60,000 or more | 1.16 | (0.89, 1.50) | 1.00 | (0.78, 1.27) | 1.08 | (0.84, 1.38) |
| Education | ||||||
| High school or less | 0.99 | (0.78, 1.26) | 0.87 | (0.69, 1.09) | 0.82 | (0.65, 1.02) |
| Some college | reference | |||||
| Bachelors degree or higher | 1.05 | 0.81, 1.36) | 0.84 | (0.66, 1.07) | 0.68d | (0.54, 0.87) |
Abbreviations: aOR. Adjusted odds ratio; CI, Confidence Interval
a:
Response options included ‘very confident,’ ‘somewhat confident,’ and ‘not confident.’ ‘Very confident’ tested as outcome. See full survey instrument in Appendix.
b:
Odds ratios are adjusted for all other characterstics in the table
c:
p</−.05
d:
p<.01
e:
p<.001