Background
Methods
Sample
Dependent variables
Independent variables
Statistical analysis
Results
Sample characteristics and bivariate analysis
Home care | Care in relatives’ homes | Care in assisted living | Care in nursing home/old age home | Care in a foreign country | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low preferences (n = 127; 12.8%) | High preferences (n = 866; 87.2%) |
p-valuea
| Low preferences (n = 668; 67.7%) | High preferences (n = 319; 32.3%) |
p-valuea
| Low preferences (n = 426; 44.4%) | High preferences (n = 534; 55.6%) |
p-valuea
| Low preferences (n = 659; 68.0%) | High preferences (n = 310; 32.0%) |
p-valuea
| Low preferences (n = 929; 94.5%) | High Preferences (n = 54; 5.5%) |
p-valuea
| |
Age: Mean (SD) | 76.5 (7.5) | 75.5 (6.4) |
p = .11 | 75.8 (6.7) | 75.4 (6.4) | 0.43 |
76.3 (6.7)
|
75.0 (6.5)
|
p
< .01
| 75.4 (6.6) | 75.8 (6.5) |
p = .33 |
75.9 (6.6)
|
72.1 (5.6)
|
p
< .001
|
Sex: N |
p
< .01
|
p
< .001
|
p = .83 |
p = .49 |
p < .10 | ||||||||||
Women |
85
|
475
|
411
|
147
| 238 | 302 | 367 | 180 | 538 | 24 | |||||
Men |
42
|
391
|
257
|
172
| 188 | 232 | 292 | 130 | 391 | 30 | |||||
Living situation: N |
p = .37 |
p = .93 |
p = .98 | ||||||||||||
Living with partner or spouse |
35
|
353
|
p
< .01
|
216
|
168
|
p
< .001
| 161 | 217 | 257 | 120 | 363 | 21 | |||
Others |
92
|
513
|
452
|
151
| 265 | 317 | 402 | 190 | 566 | 33 | |||||
Region: N |
p = .97 |
p = .29 |
p = .21 | ||||||||||||
West Germany | 94 | 648 |
p = .84 | 490 | 244 |
p = .29 | 317 | 398 | 485 | 238 | 243 | 10 | |||
East Germany | 33 | 218 | 178 | 75 | 109 | 136 | 174 | 72 | 686 | 44 | |||||
Education: N |
p = .98 |
p
< .001
|
p < .10 |
p
< .05
| |||||||||||
Without a vocational degree | 10 | 65 |
p = .83 | 52 | 23 |
45
|
23
| 44 | 25 |
67
|
5
| ||||
Apprenticeship, full-time vocational school; | 52 | 319 | 254 | 117 |
158
|
201
| 236 | 132 |
363
|
10
| |||||
Professional school or trade and technical school for vocational education; | 28 | 214 | 162 | 79 |
106
|
127
| 168 | 62 | 221 | 17 | |||||
University, Fachhochschule, school of engineering | 37 | 262 | 200 | 95 |
114
|
180
| 208 | 88 | 274 | 21 | |||||
Place of birth: N |
p = .37 |
p
< .05
|
p = .27 |
p = .33 |
p
< .001
| ||||||||||
Born in Germany | 120 | 796 |
624
|
285
| 390 | 500 | 605 | 290 |
866
|
41
| |||||
Born abroad | 7 | 67 |
43
|
32
| 34 | 33 | 52 | 19 |
60
|
13
| |||||
Having children: N |
p = .42 |
p
< .01
|
p = .96 |
p = .53 |
p = .23 | ||||||||||
Yes | 103 | 726 |
545
|
283
| 356 | 448 | 554 | 256 | 779 | 42 | |||||
No | 24 | 139 |
123
|
35
| 69 | 86 | 104 | 54 | 149 | 12 | |||||
Status of health insurance: N |
p
< .01
|
p = .96 |
p = .65 |
p = .22 | |||||||||||
Statutory health insurance | 111 | 734 |
p = .50 |
586
|
257
| 360 | 453 | 558 | 265 | 793 | 43 | ||||
Private health insurance | 16 | 128 |
81
|
60
| 63 | 80 | 99 | 43 | 132 | 11 | |||||
Provided care for family/friends: N |
p = .97 |
p = .39 |
p = .92 |
p = .57 | |||||||||||
Yes | 67 | 410 |
p = .22 | 346 | 154 | 215 | 285 | 341 | 161 | 444 | 28 | ||||
No | 59 | 456 | 321 | 154 | 210 | 249 | 318 | 148 | 484 | 26 | |||||
Level of care: N |
p > .05
|
p = .62 |
p
< .05
|
p = .41 |
p = .48 | ||||||||||
Yes |
2
|
58
| 39 | 21 |
33
|
23
| 43 | 16 | 57 | 2 | |||||
No |
125
|
805
| 629 | 295 |
392
|
510
| 614 | 293 | 870 | 51 | |||||
Self-rated health (from x = ‘very bad’ to y = ‘very good’): Mean (SD) |
3.8 (0.8)
|
3.6 (0.9)
|
p
< .05
|
3.6 (0.9)
|
3.7 (0.9)
|
p
< .05
| 3.6 (1.0) | 3.7 (0.9) |
p = .19 | 3.7 (0.9) | 3.6 (0.9) |
p = .11 | 3.6 (0.9) | 3.6 (1.1) |
p = .60 |
Involvement in the issue of need for care (from x = ‘very little’ to y = ‘very much’): Mean (SD) | 3.0 (1.5) | 2.9 (1.4) |
p = .45 | 2.9 (1.5) | 2.8 (1.4) |
p = .16 | 2.9 (1.5) | 2.9 (1.4) |
p = .63 | 2.9 (1.4) | 2.9 (1.4) |
p = .61 | 2.9 (1.4) | 2.8 (1.6) |
p = .58 |
Regression analysis
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
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Home care | Care in relatives’homes | Care in assisted living | Care in nursing home/old age home | Care in a foreign country | |
Age | 0.977 | 1.005 | 0.981+
| 1.014 | 0.902***
|
(0.948–1.007) | (0.983–1.027) | (0.961–1.001) | (0.992–1.036) | (0.854–0.951) | |
Sex (Ref.: Male) | 0.698 | 0.506***
| 1.176 | 0.963 | 0.650 |
(0.433–1.125) | (0.366–0.700) | (0.864–1.600) | (0.694–1.337) | (0.331–1.275) | |
Living situation (Ref.: Living with partner or spouse) | 0.674+
| 0.559***
| 1.016 | 0.951 | 1.306 |
(0.432–1.051) | (0.410–0.762) | (0.758–1.364) | (0.697–1.297) | (0.684–2.493) | |
West and East Germany (Ref.: East Germany) | 1.161 | 0.981 | 1.025 | 1.316 | 1.479 |
(0.690–1.956) | (0.677–1.422) | (0.720–1.459) | (0.897–1.931) | (0.617–3.549) | |
Apprenticeship, full-time vocational school (Ref.: Without a vocational degree) | 0.992 | 0.806 | 2.984***
| 0.962 | 0.246*
|
(0.476–2.065) | (0.459–1.414) | (1.688–5.275) | (0.552–1.675) | (0.0720–0.841) | |
Professional school or trade and technical school for vocational education | 1.269 | 0.834 | 2.666**
| 0.681 | 0.822 |
(0.574–2.808) | (0.460–1.511) | (1.465–4.850) | (0.374–1.240) | (0.255–2.647) | |
University, Fachhochschule, school of engineering | 1.062 | 0.562+
| 3.494***
| 0.733 | 0.858 |
(0.471–2.393) | (0.305–1.036) | (1.892–6.452) | (0.398–1.350) | (0.261–2.820) | |
German-born (Ref.: No) | 0.678 | 0.703 | 1.205 | 1.782*
| 0.184***
|
(0.291–1.575) | (0.433–1.144) | (0.732–1.983) | (1.014–3.129) | (0.0910–0.374) | |
Children (Ref.: No children) | 1.096 | 1.610*
| 1.132 | 0.872 | 0.669 |
(0.647–1.854) | (1.047–2.475) | (0.780–1.644) | (0.592–1.285) | (0.322–1.391) | |
Status of health insurance (Ref.: statutory health insurance) | 1.211 | 1.566*
| 0.918 | 0.978 | 0.849 |
(0.648–2.263) | (1.055–2.324) | (0.627–1.343) | (0.648–1.476) | (0.388–1.858) | |
Provided care for family/friends (Ref.: No) | 1.600*
| 1.468*
| 0.915 | 1.181 | 0.812 |
(1.043–2.454) | (1.086–1.985) | (0.689–1.217) | (0.874–1.596) | (0.437–1.509) | |
Level of care (Ref.: No) | 0.189*
| 0.573+
| 1.900*
| 1.715+
| 1.899 |
(0.0406–0.879) | (0.317–1.035) | (1.045–3.453) | (0.903–3.257) | (0.284–12.70) | |
Self-rated health (from 1 = ‘very bad’ to 5 = ‘very good’) | 0.762*
| 1.192*
| 1.012 | 0.850*
| 0.810 |
(0.601–0.968) | (1.013–1.402) | (0.869–1.180) | (0.723–1.000) | (0.584–1.125) | |
Involvement in the issue of need for care (from 1 = ‘very little’ to 5 = ‘very much’) | 0.894 | 0.978 | 1.037 | 0.980 | 0.976 |
(0.772–1.036) | (0.881–1.086) | (0.939–1.146) | (0.883–1.089) | (0.786–1.211) | |
Constant | 6647***
| 1.375 | 0.330 | 0.0709*
| 1188*
|
(75.97–581,578) | (0.110–17.22) | (0.0289–3.761) | (0.00541–0.930) | (2.403–586,850) | |
Observations | 974 | 968 | 942 | 950 | 964 |
Pseudo R2
| 0.043 | 0.059 | 0.027 | 0.017 | 0.137 |