Risk Factors for Six Types of Disability among the Older People in Thailand in 2002, 2007, and 2011

Table 5

Proportional impacts of independent variables on prevalence of six disabilities in the elderly in Thailand in 2002, 2007, and 2011.

Independent variable	Having difficulty with indicated activity						Overall average
	Lifting 5 kg	Traveling by oneself	Climbing stairs	Squatting	Dressing	Eating
Did not work for 7 days	0.560	0.647	0.685	0.545	0.600	0.574	0.602
Age 65 to 75	0.608	0.739	0.586	0.532	0.374	0.384	0.537
Any of 5 chronic diseases	0.338	0.383	0.462	0.489	0.559	0.546	0.463
Lives with others versus lives alone	0.057	0.094	0.160	0.202	0.264	0.205	0.164
No formal education versus any education	0.154	0.227	0.111	0.077	0.122	0.215	0.151
Lower versus higher income	0.053	0.149	0.170	0.148	0.135	0.104	0.126
Female versus male	0.376	0.292	0.122	0.187	−0.108	−0.122	0.125
Year 2007 versus 2002	−0.380	−0.216	0.179	0.501	0.129	0.290	0.084
Year 2011 versus 2002	−0.318	−0.298	0.048	0.480	0.055	0.237	0.034
Bangkok versus South	0.195	0.064	−0.127	0.029	−0.005	−0.014	0.024
Central versus South	0.029	0.046	−0.101	0.011	−0.013	−0.004	−0.005
Northeast versus South	0.224	0.124	−0.087	−0.224	−0.121	−0.103	−0.031
North versus South	0.227	0.047	−0.207	−0.035	−0.116	−0.198	−0.047
Rural versus urban	−0.049	0.071	−0.024	−0.116	−0.071	−0.107	−0.050
Married, not living as couple, versus unmarried	0.038	−0.109	−0.129	−0.053	−0.171	−0.197	−0.104
Married, living as couple, versus unmarried	−0.049	−0.204	−0.237	−0.105	−0.300	−0.260	−0.192

Any chronic diseaseincludes heart problems, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, and stroke.