Table 3 Results of logistic regression (coefficients) – any kind of LTC vs. no LTC

I. PREDISPOSING

 Age 60–70

0.413**

0.529**

(0.200)

(0.220)

 Age 70–80

0.862***

1.004***

(0.207)

(0.231)

 Age 80–90

1.485***

1.563***

(0.228)

(0.258)

 Age ≥ 90

2.735***

2.663***

(0.412)

(0.441)

 Sex (Female)

-0.565***

-0.485***

(0.123)

(0.137)

 Secondary education

-0.0423

0.0373

(0.140)

(0.157)

 Tertiary education

-0.102

0.0296

(0.236)

(0.258)

II. ENABLING

 Living partner

-1.719***

-1.376***

(0.133)

(0.147)

 Living children

-1.722***

-1.489***

(0.162)

(0.179)

 Small town

0.729***

0.585***

(0.196)

(0.218)

 Medium town

0.0512

-0.000912

(0.172)

(0.189)

 Big city

0.851***

0.858***

(0.154)

(0.172)

III. NEED

 Number of ADL limitations

1.448***

(0.0845)

 Number of chronic diseases

0.270***

(0.0402)

 ADL - Bathing

3.288***

(0.250)

 ADL - Dressing

-0.444*

(0.263)

 ADL - Transferring

1.039**

(0.452)

 ADL - Feeding

0.814*

(0.477)

 ADL - Toileting or continence

1.286***

(0.452)

 Parkinson’s disease

1.157

(0.714)

 Heart diseases (incl. myocardial infarction)

0.0348

(0.168)

 Respiratory system diseases

0.0350

(0.267)

 Hypertension

-0.377***

(0.140)

 Diabetes

-0.351**

(0.171)

 Chronic renal failure

0.925**

(0.413)

 Depression

-0.727***

(0.273)

 Alzheimer or dementia diseases

2.060***

(0.305)

 Mental health problems - other

1.692***

(0.221)

 Cancer

0.439*

(0.259)

 Vision impairment

0.273

(0.204)

 Hearing impairment

0.288

(0.256)

 Other diseases (incl. stroke, somatic problems)

0.681***

(0.137)

 Constant

0.199

-0.355

(0.231)

(0.260)

Observations

4,058

4,058

Pseudo R2

0.610

0.672

Prob > chi2

0

0