Research Article

The Relationship between Health and Community across Aging Cohorts

Table 5

ADL 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 0.97 0.89; 1.07 1.20*** 1.09; 1.31 1.08 0.95; 1.23
Sex (male) 0.66 0.35; 1.24 0.81 0.46; 1.43 0.78 0.31; 1.95
Race (minority) 1.90* 1.08; 3.31 2.13** 1.20; 3.78 0.30 0.07; 1.18
Education 1.06 0.82; 1.37 1.07 0.84; 1.37 1.16 0.78; 1.73
Poverty @ 200% (poor)3.64***1.98; 6.712.08*1.17; 3.691.890.76; 4.68
Marital status (married)
 Widowed0.94 0.41; 2.171.61 0.79; 3.280.730.21; 2.48
 Divorced/separated1.20 0.50; 2.863.12*1.08; 9.051.670.27; 10.44
 Single1.45 0.61; 3.461.70 0.59; 4.851.26 0.31; 5.21
Living arrangement (with others)0.870.45; 1.692.07*1.08; 3.951.130.38; 3.43
SC: neighborhood cohesion0.97 0.57; 1.641.330.80; 2.210.740.38; 1.46
SC: neighborhood support1.08 0.81; 1.430.900.69; 1.170.950.63; 1.43
SC: neighborhood trust 0.85 0.55; 1.300.63*0.41; 0.980.890.47; 1.70
SC: neighborhood participation1.030.84; 1.260.74*0.58; 0.941.050.85; 1.30
SC: telephone interaction0.940.73; 1.201.060.83; 1.360.960.66; 1.39
Model fit
0.090.110.06
(df) (14,999) = 44.65*** (14,644) = 50.05*** (14,186) = 11.83

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