Table 2. Age related differences in predictors of cultural event attendance in the past 12 months from logistic regression models.
| Cultural event attendance | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample A | Ages 50–69 B | Ages ≥ 70 C | ||||||||||
| N = 1465 | N = 862 | N = 603 | ||||||||||
| OR | 95%CI | P | OR | 95%CI | P | OR | 95%CI | P | ||||
| Gender (Ref Female) | -- | |||||||||||
| Male | 0.83 | 0.57 | 1.21 | 0.331 | 0.95 | 0.57 | 1.59 | 0.850 | 0.73 | 0.42 | 1.26 | 0.254 |
| Race/ethnicity (Ref White) | -- | |||||||||||
| Black/African American | 1.16 | 0.68 | 1.97 | 0.597 | 1.50 | 0.72 | 3.13 | 0.285 | 0.76 | 0.35 | 1.67 | 0.495 |
| Other ethnicity [including American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander] | 1.15 | 0.56 | 2.35 | 0.702 | 0.95 | 0.41 | 2.17 | 0.896 | 1.50 | 0.29 | 7.69 | 0.630 |
| Marital status (Ref Married) | -- | |||||||||||
| Unmarried | 0.76 | 0.53 | 1.10 | 0.141 | 0.75 | 0.45 | 1.25 | 0.265 | 0.94 | 0.55 | 1.61 | 0.819 |
| Educational attainment (Ref None) | -- | |||||||||||
| High School/ GED | 1.76 | 1.09 | 2.84 | 0.020 | 1.32 | 0.60 | 2.91 | 0.494 | 2.21 | 1.23 | 3.99 | 0.008 |
| College / postgraduate | 3.38 | 1.87 | 6.09 | <0.001 | 2.40 | 0.98 | 5.86 | 0.055 | 5.53 | 2.53 | 12.12 | <0.001 |
| Neighbourhood safety (Ref Good/excellent) | -- | |||||||||||
| Fair/Poor | 1.92 | 0.93 | 3.97 | 0.078 | 2.38 | 0.95 | 5.94 | 0.065 | 1.52 | 0.46 | 5.03 | 0.497 |
| Employment status (Ref Employed) | -- | |||||||||||
| Unemployed/ Inactive | 0.69 | 0.40 | 1.19 | 0.185 | 0.78 | 0.38 | 1.57 | 0.476 | 0.57 | 0.21 | 1.53 | 0.265 |
| Retired | 0.75 | 0.48 | 1.16 | 0.195 | 0.68 | 0.36 | 1.30 | 0.244 | 0.97 | 0.44 | 2.14 | 0.934 |
| Wealth, quartiled (Ref Quartile 1) | -- | |||||||||||
| Quartile 2 | 1.96 | 1.13 | 3.39 | 0.016 | 3.26 | 1.62 | 6.53 | 0.001 | 0.85 | 0.36 | 2.00 | 0.708 |
| Quartile 3 | 2.09 | 1.20 | 3.64 | 0.010 | 4.18 | 1.90 | 9.21 | <0.001 | 0.96 | 0.41 | 2.24 | 0.920 |
| Quartile 4 | 2.31 | 1.24 | 4.29 | 0.008 | 3.74 | 1.57 | 8.91 | 0.003 | 1.35 | 0.55 | 3.34 | 0.517 |
| Satisfied with aging (Ref Yes) | -- | |||||||||||
| No | 1.19 | 0.63 | 2.23 | 0.593 | 1.09 | 0.46 | 2.57 | 0.840 | 1.26 | 0.50 | 3.19 | 0.627 |
| Satisfied with Life (Ref Yes) | -- | |||||||||||
| No | 0.79 | 0.40 | 1.56 | 0.489 | 0.60 | 0.25 | 1.45 | 0.256 | 1.21 | 0.47 | 3.11 | 0.686 |
| See friends (Ref Yearly/less) | -- | |||||||||||
| Monthly | 1.22 | 0.61 | 2.45 | 0.576 | 1.31 | 0.53 | 3.25 | 0.551 | 1.23 | 0.49 | 3.10 | 0.662 |
| Weekly | 1.45 | 0.62 | 3.42 | 0.393 | 1.35 | 0.48 | 3.78 | 0.568 | 1.68 | 0.50 | 5.62 | 0.393 |
| Attend religious services (Ref Yearly/Less) | -- | |||||||||||
| Monthly | 1.70 | 1.11 | 2.62 | 0.015 | 1.36 | 0.75 | 2.49 | 0.312 | 2.53 | 1.39 | 4.60 | 0.002 |
| Weekly | 1.58 | 1.01 | 2.48 | 0.046 | 1.07 | 0.57 | 2.01 | 0.828 | 3.12 | 1.62 | 5.99 | 0.001 |
| Depression CES-D (Ref None) | -- | |||||||||||
| Present | 0.82 | 0.46 | 1.48 | 0.513 | 1.00 | 0.47 | 2.14 | 1.000 | 0.54 | 0.22 | 1.31 | 0.173 |
| Smoker | -- | |||||||||||
| Yes | 0.82 | 0.48 | 1.40 | 0.472 | 0.57 | 0.30 | 1.09 | 0.088 | 1.68 | 0.59 | 4.78 | 0.332 |
| Self-rated health (Ref Good/excellent) | -- | |||||||||||
| Fair/Poor | 1.17 | 0.73 | 1.86 | 0.518 | 1.28 | 0.67 | 2.45 | 0.464 | 1.11 | 0.58 | 2.13 | 0.743 |
| iADL (Ref None) | -- | |||||||||||
| Difficulties with activities | 0.70 | 0.44 | 1.14 | 0.150 | 0.74 | 0.37 | 1.48 | 0.386 | 0.78 | 0.40 | 1.52 | 0.471 |
| Unable to do activities | 1.08 | 0.38 | 3.06 | 0.892 | 3.31 | 0.94 | 11.66 | 0.062 | 0.45 | 0.12 | 1.75 | 0.249 |
| Long term conditions (Ref None) | -- | |||||||||||
| Yes | 0.82 | 0.55 | 1.20 | 0.299 | 1.01 | 0.59 | 1.72 | 0.981 | 0.66 | 0.37 | 1.16 | 0.147 |
| Total cognition score, quartiled (Ref Quartile 1) | -- | |||||||||||
| Quartile 2 | 1.34 | 0.87 | 2.06 | 0.190 | 1.74 | 0.86 | 3.52 | 0.125 | 1.06 | 0.61 | 1.86 | 0.828 |
| Quartile 3 | 2.03 | 1.19 | 3.47 | 0.009 | 2.24 | 1.02 | 4.88 | 0.044 | 1.79 | 0.85 | 3.78 | 0.127 |
| Quartile 4 | 2.29 | 1.28 | 4.11 | 0.006 | 2.20 | 0.98 | 4.93 | 0.056 | 2.81 | 0.81 | 9.81 | 0.105 |
| Arts index | 0.36 | 0.27 | 0.48 | <0.001 | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.55 | <0.001 | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0.50 | <0.001 |
Note. Dashes indicate reference category.
Cultural event attendance is: yes vs no to ‘In the past 12 months, did you go to a movie, art museum or gallery, crafts fair, or a live performance, such as a concert, play, or reading?’
Column A shows total sample; Columns B-C show age stratified analyses