Research Article

The Relationship between Health and Community across Aging Cohorts

Table 6

IADL with all predictors (odds ratios with 95% interval confidence).

Age category65–74 yrs75–84 yrs85+ yrs
PredictorOR95% C.I.OR95% C.I.OR95% C.I.

Age 1.00 0.94; 1.06 1.15*** 1.08; 1.22 1.12 0.99; 1.27
Sex (male) 0.75 0.48; 1.15 0.80 0.54; 1.20 0.45* 0.20; 0.99
Race (minority) 1.74** 1.17; 2.59 1.71* 1.09; 2.69 0.92 0.37; 2.32
Education 0.88 0.74; 1.06 1.03 0.87; 1.23 1.01 0.71; 1.44
Poverty @ 200% (poor)2.15***1.42; 3.261.74**1.15; 2.641.480.68; 3.22
Marital status (married)
 Widowed1.79*1.02; 3.141.79*1.06; 3.021.83 0.65; 5.16
 Divorced/separated1.51 0.81; 2.821.98 0.86; 4.552.80 0.53; 14.96
 Single1.99*1.07; 2.731.50 0.70; 3.244.41*1.13; 17.24
Living arrangement (with others)1.250.78; 2.001.79*1.10; 2.921.220.50; 2.98
SC: neighborhood cohesion0.79 0.55; 1.141.17 0.81; 1.680.45*0.23; 0.85
SC: neighborhood support1.13 0.92; 1.370.83 0.69; 1.000.70 0.49; 1.01
SC: neighborhood trust 0.87 0.64; 1.180.940.68; 1.312.00*1.08; 3.70
SC: neighborhood participation0.970.83; 1.110.890.77; 1.020.940.76; 1.17
SC: telephone interaction0.99 0.83; 1.191.080.91; 1.291.06 0.76; 1.46
Model fit
0.090.060.14
(df) (14,999) = 77.37*** (14,644) = 50.38*** (14,186) = 35.75***

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