From: Descriptors of living alone for elders: based on Turkey national data
Female | |||||||||||
n | % | Crude OR | 95% Cl | p | Adjusted OR | 95% Cl | p | ||||
Age | 70 and up | 293 | 19.76 | 2.61 | 2.12 | 3.21 | < 0.001 | 2.92 | 2.34 | 3.64 | < 0.001 |
< 70 (ref) | 157 | 8.62 | 1 | ||||||||
Education | Primary | 200 | 15.27 | 1.30 | 1.05 | 1.60 | 0.015 | 1.62 | 1.27 | 2.05 | < 0.001 |
Secondary and high | 48 | 14.41 | 1.21 | 0.87 | 1.71 | 0.263 | 2.81 | 1.86 | 4.26 | < 0.001 | |
No Education. Preschool (ref) | 200 | 12.18 | 1.00 | ||||||||
Wealth | Poor | 299 | 16.17 | 2.20 | 1.67 | 2.89 | < 0.001 | 3.16 | 2.29 | 4.36 | < 0.001 |
Middle | 82 | 13.67 | 1.80 | 1.29 | 2.53 | 0.001 | 2.01 | 1.40 | 2.88 | < 0.001 | |
Rich (ref) | 69 | 8.07 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
Region | West | 172 | 16.10 | 3.26 | 2.14 | 4.97 | 0.001 | 3.26 | 2.08 | 5.12 | < 0.001 |
South | 55 | 14.32 | 2.84 | 1.76 | 4.60 | 0.001 | 2.56 | 1.55 | 4.22 | < 0.001 | |
Central | 92 | 13.55 | 2.66 | 1.70 | 4.16 | 0.001 | 3.11 | 1.946 | 4.966 | < 0.001 | |
North | 104 | 15.14 | 3.03 | 1.95 | 4.71 | 0.001 | 3.12 | 1.98 | 4.92 | < 0.001 | |
East (ref) | 27 | 5.56 | 1.00 | ||||||||
House ownership | Not | 142 | 40.68 | 2.02 | 1.62 | 2.52 | < 0.001 | 2.13 | 1.69 | 2.68 | < 0.001 |
Owned by a HH member (ref) | 306 | 11.67 | 1.00 | ||||||||
Male | |||||||||||
n | % | Crude OR | 95% Cl | p | Adjusted OR | 95% Cl | p | ||||
Age | < 70 (ref) | 61 | 3.55 | 1.00 | |||||||
70 and up | 100 | 8..18 | 2..42 | 1..74 | 3.35 | < 0.001 | 2.17 | 1.55 | 3.05 | < 0.001 | |
Wealth | Poor | 107 | 6.61 | 1.88 | 1.23 | 2.87 | 0.004 | 1.90 | 1.22 | 2.96 | 0.005 |
Rich (ref) | 28 | 3.63 | 1 | ||||||||
Region | West | 61 | 6.56 | 2.48 | 1.35 | 4.57 | 0.003 | 3.07 | 1.65 | 5.72 | < 0.001 |
North | 47 | 8.10 | 3.12 | 1.67 | 5.84 | 0.001 | 3.30 | 1.75 | 6.21 | < 0.001 | |
East (ref) | 13 | 2,75 | 1 | ||||||||
Working in a paid job | No | 147 | 6.03 | 2.22 | 1,27 | 3.87 | 0.005 | 1.63 | 0.92 | 2.90 | 0.094 |
Yes | 14 | 2.81 | 1 |