Table 2 Multinomial logit coefficients of older people’s LTC needs

  70 or above

0.724

1.075

0.763

0.908

  (60–69)

  Female

0.121

0.761

0.995

1.002

  (Male)

  Primary school or below

0.142

1.504

0.153

0.492

  Junior high school or senior high school

0.075

1.438

0.962

0.985

  (College or above)

  Currently not married

0.765

1.074

0.016

2.362

  (Currently married)

  BJ

0.009

0.474

0.626

1.241

  GZ

0.000

0.265

0.001

0.138

  HB

0.005

0.382

0.919

0.949

  (XA)

 Income

0.458

0.974

0.479

0.952

 Number of children

0.011

1.268

0.628

1.077

 Contact frequency with children

  Infrequently

0.405

0.681

0.115

2.453

  Sometimes

0.262

1.384

0.058

2.180

  (Frequently)

 IADL

0.366

1.055

0.380

0.922

 Number of diseases

0.154

0.883

0.784

1.038

 Intergenerational relationships

0.682

1.046

0.019

0.676

 Unmet care service needs

0.009

0.936

0.027

0.912

 Self-image

0.021

1.027

0.026

1.044