Patterns of home care and community support preferences among older adults with disabilities in China: a latent class analysis

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and family characteristics (n = 3725)

Characteristics	Range/Catergory	Mean (SD)	N(%)
Age (years)	Range (65–116)	95.15 (8.519)
Education (years)	Range (0–20)	1.90 (3.428)
Physical performance^a	Range (0–3)	1.20 (1.035)
Number of cohabitating persons^b	Range (0–20)	2.17 (1.746)
Age group	65–79		225 (6.1)
	80–89		581 (15.6)
	90–99		1238 (33.2)
	≥ 100		1681 (45.1)
Gender	Male		1216 (32.6)
Gender	Female		2509 (67.4)
Marital status^c	Has a spouse		631 (16.9)
Marital status^c	No spouse		3094 (83.1)
Degree of disability	Mild disability		1826 (49.0)
	Moderate disability		788 (21.2)
	Severe disability		1111 (29.8)
Cognitive Function^d	Good		997 (26.7)
	Moderate		323 (8.6)
	Poor		2405 (64.5)
Occupation	Agricultural		2689 (72.1)
Occupation	Non-agricultural		1036 (27.8)
Region	Eastern region		1982 (53.2)
	Central region		766 (20.5)
	Western region		977 (26.2)
Residence	Urban		2156 (57.9)
Residence	Rural		1569 (42.1)

SD Standard deviation; Missing data: For ranked data, hot deck imputation was used; for measurement data, imputation was used
^a3-item mini-Physical Performance Test (3-item mini-PPT): developed by Zeng [11], contains three tests: stand-up from a chair, pick-up a book from the floor, and turning approximately 360°. The total scores of the three tests range from 0 to 3, with higher scores indicating better physical function
^bNumber of cohabitating persons: excluding the older adults with disabilities
^cHas a spouse: the spouse is alive; No spouse: divorced, unmarried or widowed
^dChinese version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (CMMSE), which was culturally translated and adapted into the Chinese language based on the international standard MMSE questionnaire. The same cut offs of the standard MMSE were used for measuring cognitive function: a score of 24–30 was defined as “Good”, a score of 21–23 was defined as “Moderate”, and a score < 21 was defined as “Poor” [11]

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