Table 2 Odds ratios for difficulty in bathing
From: Bathing and toileting difficulties of older adults in rural China: the role of environment
| Both Sexes | Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
Ages 55–74 |
Ages 75+ | Total |
Ages 55–74 |
Ages 75+ | Total |
Ages 55–74 |
Ages 75+ | |
| Bathing facility | |||||||||
| Bathing indoors at home (showering indoors at home) | 1.52* | 1.34$ | 1.96* | 1.62* | 1.43$ | 2.05# | 1.49# | 1.34 | 1.90# |
| Bathing in public facility (showering indoors at home) | 1.46# | 1.05 | 2.61* | 1.55$ | 1.27 | 2.36# | 1.48$ | 0.91 | 3.33* |
| Bathing outdoors (showering indoors at home) | 2.11* | 1.35 | 3.67* | 2.45* | 1.65 | 4.23* | 1.83 | 1.08 | 3.44$ |
| Neighborhood amenity [scores 0–20] | 0.94* | 0.92* | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 1.01 | 0.91* | 0.89* | 0.93$ |
| Region | |||||||||
| Northeast (North) | 0.99 | 1.07 | 0.86 | 0.82 | 0.93 | 0.60 | 1.14 | 1.17 | 1.16 |
| East (North) | 0.48* | 0.48* | 0.47# | 0.63$ | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.39* | 0.37* | 0.41# |
| Central South (North) | 0.38* | 0.34* | 0.41* | 0.51# | 0.47# | 0.50 | 0.30* | 0.26* | 0.35# |
| Southwest (North) | 0.49* | 0.54* | 0.40* | 0.63$ | 0.66 | 0.48 | 0.40* | 0.43# | 0.34# |
| Northwest (North) | 1.08 | 0.80 | 2.00$ | 1.29 | 1.15 | 1.77 | 0.95 | 0.59 | 2.49 |
| Age | 1.09* | 1.06* | 1.10* | 1.08* | 1.05# | 1.07# | 1.11* | 1.07* | 1.12* |
| Women (men) | 0.89 | 0.84 | 1.06 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Self-reported health: | |||||||||
| Fair (good) | 3.31* | 3.57* | 3.10* | 3.52* | 3.90* | 3.14* | 3.12* | 3.19* | 3.23* |
| Bad (good) | 8.89* | 8.79* | 9.53* | 9.71* | 10.48* | 9.34* | 8.41* | 7.35* | 10.71* |
| Having 1 chronic disease (no) | 1.42* | 1.34$ | 1.53# | 1.40$ | 1.16 | 1.79# | 1.44# | 1.60$ | 1.29 |
| Having 1 year schooling (no) | 0.79# | 0.70* | 0.98 | 0.69# | 0.66$ | 0.72 | 0.87 | 0.70$ | 1.39 |
| Economic condition | |||||||||
| Fair (bad) | 0.95 | 0.92 | 1.03 | 0.95 | 0.73 | 1.74 | 0.95 | 1.15 | 0.66 |
| Good (bad) | 0.83 | 0.72$ | 1.00 | 0.74 | 0.57$ | 1.31 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.81 |
| Non-agriculture job (agriculture) | 1.13 | 1.22 | 0.94 | 1.06 | 1.13 | 0.88 | 1.35 | 1.48 | 1.17 |
| Living arrangements | |||||||||
| Live with spouse only (live alone) | 1.22 | 1.10 | 1.28 | 1.20 | 1.06 | 1.52 | 1.30 | 1.18 | 1.03 |
| Live with children (live alone) | 1.90* | 1.61$ | 2.13* | 1.94* | 1.88$ | 2.07$ | 1.89* | 1.44 | 2.19* |
| Live with others (live alone) | 1.32 | 0.90 | 1.76 | 0.82 | 0.56 | 1.02 | 1.80 | 1.15 | 2.67$ |
| -Log Likelihood | 2237.0* | 1352.7* | 861.3* | 1072.2* | 666.5* | 393.6* | 1151.1* | 675.3* | 453.0* |
| # of individuals | 10,689 | 8,261 | 2428 | 5437 | 4,245 | 1,192 | 5252 | 4016 | 1236 |