Table 5 Results of multinomial logit (coefficients) – inpatient vs. informal care for females only

I. PREDISPOSING

 Age 60–70

1.502*

0.778

-0.0903

1.218

0.712

-0.228

(0.836)

(0.580)

(0.726)

(0.913)

(0.679)

(0.823)

 Age 70–80

3.023***

1.989***

1.700**

3.242***

2.544***

1.950**

(0.843)

(0.608)

(0.720)

(0.941)

(0.730)

(0.845)

 Age 80–90

4.382***

2.646***

2.864***

4.411***

3.168***

2.860***

(0.846)

(0.623)

(0.722)

(0.966)

(0.772)

(0.872)

 Age ≥ 90

4.100***

2.157***

2.320***

3.809***

2.361***

1.956**

(0.889)

(0.674)

(0.774)

(1.016)

(0.829)

(0.931)

 Secondary education

1.449***

0.224

0.190

1.915***

0.662

0.506

(0.352)

(0.319)

(0.352)

(0.444)

(0.413)

(0.446)

 Tertiary education

1.125*

-0.927

-0.355

1.100

-0.844

-0.273

(0.595)

(0.572)

(0.624)

(0.713)

(0.683)

(0.735)

II. ENABLING

 Living partner

-2.294***

-2.046***

-1.776***

-2.282***

-2.065***

-1.766***

(0.466)

(0.385)

(0.466)

(0.552)

(0.467)

(0.556)

 Living children

-1.202**

-2.720***

-1.484***

-1.139*

-2.632***

-1.343**

(0.556)

(0.526)

(0.557)

(0.622)

(0.592)

(0.623)

 Frequency of visits ≥ once a week

-2.494***

-3.165***

-1.969***

-2.829***

-3.480***

-2.370***

(0.364)

(0.337)

(0.366)

(0.447)

(0.418)

(0.449)

 Small town

1.515***

1.453***

1.387***

1.321**

1.253**

1.428**

(0.521)

(0.492)

(0.510)

(0.615)

(0.586)

(0.606)

 Medium town

0.336

0.850**

-0.342

0.296

0.688

-0.306

(0.451)

(0.404)

(0.456)

(0.548)

(0.495)

(0.550)

 Big city

1.752***

2.070***

0.0678

1.806***

2.042***

0.0939

(0.416)

(0.381)

(0.442)

(0.511)

(0.473)

(0.535)

III. NEED

 Number of ADL limitations

1.016***

0.769***

1.177***

(0.105)

(0.0994)

(0.109)

 Number of chronic diseases

-0.909***

-0.213***

-0.503***

(0.0965)

(0.0803)

(0.0912)

 ADL - Bathing

3.447***

3.076***

3.797***

(0.588)

(0.531)

(0.622)

 ADL - Dressing

-1.704**

-0.890

-0.995

(0.664)

(0.604)

(0.667)

 ADL - Transferring

0.319

0.334

1.886**

(0.745)

(0.709)

(0.754)

 ADL - Feeding

-1.229*

-1.724**

-1.081

(0.687)

(0.671)

(0.681)

 ADL - Toileting or continence

3.564***

2.434***

2.049***

(0.782)

(0.740)

(0.775)

 Parkinson’s disease

0.744

0.536

-0.322

(1.258)

(1.222)

(1.285)

 Heart diseases (incl. myocardial infarction)

-2.016***

-1.108***

-1.635***

(0.455)

(0.402)

(0.444)

 Respiratory system diseases

-1.438**

-0.545

-0.932

(0.699)

(0.549)

(0.665)

 Hypertension

-1.836***

-0.705*

-0.423

(0.413)

(0.384)

(0.413)

 Diabetes

-1.276***

-0.843**

-1.354***

(0.453)

(0.409)

(0.452)

 Chronic renal failure

0.873

1.128

1.505*

(0.823)

(0.740)

(0.785)

 Depression

-0.576

-0.118

-0.0638

(0.555)

(0.493)

(0.548)

 Alzheimer or dementia diseases

1.103**

1.261**

0.682

(0.522)

(0.504)

(0.525)

 Mental health problems - other

-0.456

0.585

-0.321

(0.482)

(0.432)

(0.480)

 Cancer

-0.805

-0.635

-2.802***

(0.685)

(0.621)

(0.951)

 Vision impairment

-1.056**

-0.435

-0.292

(0.490)

(0.434)

(0.471)

 Hearing impairment

-0.789

-0.903*

-0.198

(0.583)

(0.545)

(0.574)

 Other diseases (incl. stroke, somatic problems)

-2.517***

-0.666*

-2.561***

(0.413)

(0.389)

(0.417)

 Constant

-1.057

2.480***

0.0673

-0.522

2.260***

0.494

(0.939)

(0.701)

(0.822)

(1.016)

(0.792)

(0.933)

Observations

1,701

1,701

1,701

1,701

1,701

1,701

Pseudo R2

0.335

0.335

0.335

0.434

0.434

0.434

Prob > chi2

0

0

0

0

0

0