Research Article

Living on the Edge: Social Exclusion and the Receipt of Informal Care in Older People

Table 3

Summary of multinomial logistic regression analysis of variables predicting membership of category of care-receipt ().

Category:
Variable:
Care-receivers
Odds ratio (95% CI)
Assurance-receivers
Odds ratio (95% CI)
Nonreceivers with need
Odds ratio (95% CI)

Income comfort (low comfort)0.78 (0.61, 1.01)0.89 (0.71, 1.11)1.10 (0.73, 1.64)
Family contact1.19 (0.99, 1.43)1.21 (1.03, 1.42)0.82 (0.61, 1.10)
Social Loneliness1.08 (0.94, 1.25)0.97 (0.85, 1.11)1.39 (1.12, 1.72)
Emotional Loneliness0.99 (0.87, 1.11)1.16 (1.04, 1.29)1.18 (0.99, 1.41)
Perceived Community Trust0.87 (0.77, 0.99)1.04 (0.91, 1.18)0.86 (0.72, 1.03)
Perceived Community Integration1.09 (0.99, 1.21)1.04 (0.95, 1.14)0.97 (0.85, 1.12)
Social, Cultural and Leisure Engagement0.98 (0.97, 1.00)1.00 (0.99, 1.01)0.98 (0.96, 1.00)
Sport and Outdoor Engagement ()4.79 (2.46, 9.34)1.85 (1.06, 3.24)1.10 (0.37, 3.25)
Sport and Outdoor Engagement ()1.93 (1.05, 3.56)1.71 (1.10, 2.67)1.06 (0.42, 2.70)
Age 1.06 (1.03, 1.09)1.05 (1.03, 1.08)1.07 (1.02, 1.12)
Gender (female)0.77 (0.51, 1.16)0.63 (0.43, 0.90)0.68 (0.35, 1.29)
Education Level1.54 (0.86, 2.74)0.98 (0.63, 1.51)0.99 (0.42, 2.35)
Area of residence (rural)0.38 (0.24, 0.59)0.49 (0.31, 0.67)0.26 (0.12, 0.56)
Duration of local residence1.00 (0.99, 1.01)0.99 (0.98, 0.99)1.01 (0.99, 1.02)
Self-reported health (poor)2.54 (1.88, 3.43)1.30 (1.01, 1.67)1.10 (0.73, 1.64)
Well-being0.99 (0.95, 1.03)0.97 (0.94, 1.01)1.00 (0.94, 1.06)
Medical care-receipt 2.81 (1.85, 4.28)1.51 (1.06, 2.15)5.82 (2.68, 12.67)

Reference category = nonreceivers without need. .