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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Rural Soc Sci. 2022 Feb;37(1):2.

Table 6:

Parental Functional Limitation in 2017 (N=3,742)

(1) (2) (3) (4)
OR OR OR OR (95% CI)
Parent Characteristics
Rural residence 1.36* 1.40* 1.37* 1.18 (0.91 – 1.54)
Limitation 2013 14.87*** 14.93*** 14.73*** 13.53*** (10.80 – 16.96)
Proximity (r=co-reside)
 <30 miles 1.04 1.09 1.12 (0.86 – 1.45)
 30 to <200 miles 0.86 0.93 1.00 (0.66 – 1.52)
 200 to <500 miles 1.51+ 1.64* 1.82* (1.10 – 3.00)
 >=500 miles 1.09 1.18 1.28 (0.80 – 2.04)
Help from children 1.31* 1.36* (1.06 – 1.75)
Money from children 1.15 1.16 (0.82 – 1.62)
Education (r=<HS)
 High school 0.74+ (0.52 – 1.05)
 Some college 0.63* (0.43 – 0.93)
 Completed college 0.51** (0.34 – 0.77)
 More than college 0.57* (0.37 – 0.89)
Income (r=<$25,000)
 $25,000 to <$50,000 0.79 (0.54 – 1.15)
 $50,000 to <$75,000 0.94 (0.63 – 1.39)
 >=$75,000 0.52** (0.35 – 0.77)
Constant 0.22*** 0.22*** 0.19*** 0.35*** (0.21 – 0.56)
***

p<0.001,

**

p<0.01,

*

p<0.05,

+

p<0.10

All models are weighted and clustered at the family level. All models also control for the demographic characteristics of parents (age, gender race/ethnicity, union status).