Table 3 Odds ratios for difficulty in toileting
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+ | |
| Toileting facility | |||||||||
| Pedestal pan indoors (Squatting indoors) | 2.67* | 3.00* | 2.23# | 3.75* | 6.03* | 2.04 | 1.95# | 1.62 | 2.63$ |
| Bucket indoors (Squatting indoors) | 6.69* | 5.95* | 7.38* | 8.26* | 9.87* | 6.65* | 6.05* | 4.43* | 9.75* |
| Outdoors (Squatting indoors) | 1.60# | 1.57$ | 1.69$ | 1.48 | 1.76 | 1.29 | 1.79# | 1.53 | 2.44$ |
| Neighborhood amenity [scores 0–20] | 0.94# | 0.92# | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.91# | 1.02 | 0.93# | 0.93$ | 0.94 |
| Region | |||||||||
| Northeast (North) | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.27 | 1.16 | 1.67 | 0.42 | 1.30 | 0.89 | 2.86 |
| East (North) | 0.43* | 0.41* | 0.49$ | 0.42# | 0.43$ | 0.36$ | 0.42# | 0.36# | 0.67 |
| Central South (North) | 0.58# | 0.50# | 0.73 | 0.47$ | 0.34# | 0.36 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.97 |
| Southwest (North) | 0.84 | 0.90 | 0.74 | 1.05 | 1.10 | 0.83 | 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.65 |
| Northwest (North) | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.75 | 0.56 | 0.62 | 0.52 | 0.81 |
| Age | 1.06* | 1.05# | 1.10* | 1.05* | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.07* | 1.06# | 1.13* |
| Women (men) | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.78 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Self-reported health: | |||||||||
| Fair (good) | 2.99* | 2.98* | 3.10# | 3.64* | 3.89* | 3.57# | 2.34# | 2.17$ | 2.77$ |
| Bad (good) | 11.37* | 10.65* | 13.35* | 16.15* | 17.59* | 15.94* | 7.81* | 6.58* | 11.88* |
| Having 1 chronic disease (no) | 1.01 | 0.91 | 1.28 | 1.09 | 0.83 | 1.66 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.02 |
| Having 1 year schooling (no) | 0.78$ | 0.76 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.65 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 1.17 |
| Economic condition | |||||||||
| Fair (bad) | 0.75$ | 0.89 | 0.55# | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.93 | 0.73 | 1.16 | 0.31* |
| Good (bad) | 0.59* | 0.59# | 0.54# | 0.57# | 0.51$ | 0.67 | 0.60$ | 0.70 | 0.43$ |
| Non-agriculture job (agriculture) | 1.42$ | 1.45$ | 1.34 | 1.34 | 1.30 | 1.36 | 1.59 | 1.75 | 1.20 |
| Living arrangements | |||||||||
| Live with spouse only (live alone) | 1.47$ | 1.21 | 1.59 | 1.26 | 0.92 | 1.78 | 1.60 | 1.54 | 0.77 |
| Live with children (live alone) | 1.80* | 1.36 | 2.33* | 1.48 | 1.30 | 1.55 | 2.07* | 1.44 | 3.00* |
| Live with others (live alone) | 1.34 | 1.19 | 1.34 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.49 | 2.37$ | 1.95 | 3.22 |
| -Log Likelihood | 1416.4* | 915.2* | 490.5* | 674.6* | 431.0* | 231.9* | 729.7* | 469.4* | 242.0* |
| # of individuals | 10,689 | 8,261 | 2428 | 5437 | 4245 | 1192 | 5252 | 4016 | 1236 |