Table 3 Effects of parental status on loneliness, depression and self-rated health: Multivariate logistic regression analyses
From: The influences of childlessness on the psychological well-being and social network of the oldest old
Loneliness | Depression | Happiness | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR | p | C.I. | OR | p | C.I. | OR | p | C.I. | |
Variable | |||||||||
Independent variable | |||||||||
Parental status | |||||||||
Childless (ref) | Reference level | .Reference level | .Reference level | ||||||
Parent | 1.271 | .563 | .563-2.868 | 1.645 | .466 | .431-6.279 | .699 | .536 | .211-2.244 |
Control variables | |||||||||
Marital status | |||||||||
Married (ref) | Reference level | Reference level | Reference level | ||||||
Unmarried | .502 | .133 | .204-1.235 | 1.457 | .576 | .389-5.453 | 4.430 | .031* | 1.145-17.144 |
Widowed | .244 | .000*** | .141-.423 | 1.079 | .861 | .463-2.512 | 1.885 | .249 | .642-5.536 |
Gender | |||||||||
Woman (ref) | Reference level | Reference level | Reference level | ||||||
Man | 1.870 | .020* | 1.106-3.164 | .797 | .596 | .345-1.842 | 1.508 | .403 | .576-3.944 |
Housing | |||||||||
Housing in the community (ref) | Reference level | Reference level | Reference level | ||||||
Residential care | 1.093 | .122 | .398-3.003 | 1.374 | .026* | .399-4.731 | 2.525 | .239 | .730-8.720 |
Nursing home | .163 | .041* | .029-.932 | 8.219 | .007** | 1.767-38.229 | 2.699 | .143 | .408-17.844 |
Health status | |||||||||
Good health (ref) | Reference level | Reference level | Reference level | ||||||
Bad health | .522 | .013** | .313-.870 | 4.774 | .000** | 2.223-10.254 | 4.511 | .001*** | 1.810-11.245 |
Constant | 0.32 | .000 | 2.730 | .046 | .023 | .000 | |||