Table 6 Results of multinomial logit (coefficients) – inpatient vs. informal care for males only

I. PREDISPOSING

 Age 60–70

-0.0631

0.495

0.617

0.641

1.095

1.167

(0.801)

(0.687)

(0.811)

(0.902)

(0.795)

(0.910)

 Age 70–80

0.597

0.545

0.958

1.346

1.304

1.554*

(0.789)

(0.690)

(0.806)

(0.925)

(0.833)

(0.944)

 Age 80–90

1.165

-0.253

1.082

1.792*

0.510

1.354

(0.805)

(0.716)

(0.834)

(0.954)

(0.868)

(0.986)

 Age ≥ 90

3.546***

1.923*

3.020**

3.443**

2.381*

2.655*

(1.165)

(1.090)

(1.205)

(1.402)

(1.334)

(1.454)

 Secondary education

0.373

0.358

0.443

0.668

0.770*

0.622

(0.454)

(0.395)

(0.445)

(0.519)

(0.464)

(0.516)

 Tertiary education

2.913***

1.201

2.066**

3.021***

1.329

2.270**

(0.848)

(0.826)

(0.898)

(1.043)

(1.010)

(1.089)

II. ENABLING

 Living partner

-1.505***

-2.228***

-0.717

-1.348**

-2.108***

-0.575

(0.451)

(0.399)

(0.457)

(0.525)

(0.472)

(0.540)

 Living children

-0.255

-1.145**

-0.770

-0.0340

-0.881*

-0.521

(0.516)

(0.462)

(0.519)

(0.585)

(0.530)

(0.589)

 Frequency of visits ≥ once a week

-2.294***

-3.622***

-2.283***

-2.331***

-3.626***

-2.445***

(0.464)

(0.408)

(0.474)

(0.557)

(0.503)

(0.576)

 Small town

1.342**

0.871*

0.756

1.212*

0.539

0.676

(0.583)

(0.528)

(0.563)

(0.639)

(0.585)

(0.625)

 Medium town

-0.0879

0.432

-0.610

0.443

0.827

-0.148

(0.622)

(0.515)

(0.618)

(0.737)

(0.634)

(0.736)

 Big city

1.707***

1.367***

-0.993

2.463***

1.755***

-0.285

(0.562)

(0.506)

(0.652)

(0.703)

(0.652)

(0.789)

III. NEED

 Number of ADL limitations

0.558***

0.318***

0.885***

(0.116)

(0.106)

(0.123)

 Number of chronic diseases

-0.751***

-0.00415

-0.216*

(0.139)

(0.106)

(0.122)

 ADL - Bathing

2.206***

2.448***

1.946**

(0.726)

(0.660)

(0.777)

 ADL - Dressing

-1.631**

-1.664**

-1.545*

(0.814)

(0.722)

(0.873)

 ADL - Transferring

1.140

0.783

2.278**

(0.908)

(0.829)

(0.922)

 ADL - Feeding

-1.411*

-1.711**

-1.140

(0.773)

(0.725)

(0.757)

 ADL - Toileting or continence

2.213**

1.543*

2.298**

(0.906)

(0.843)

(0.928)

 Parkinson’s disease

1.387

1.955

1.595

(1.354)

(1.263)

(1.319)

 Heart diseases (incl. myocardial infarction)

-1.606***

-0.736

-0.995*

(0.587)

(0.495)

(0.583)

 Respiratory system diseases

0.602

-0.114

-0.370

(0.838)

(0.763)

(0.883)

 Hypertension

-1.447***

-0.222

-0.276

(0.511)

(0.454)

(0.512)

 Diabetes

0.179

0.347

-0.135

(0.750)

(0.700)

(0.762)

 Chronic renal failure

-0.312

0.100

1.402

(1.097)

(0.960)

(0.988)

 Depression

-2.865***

-1.757**

-1.851**

(0.901)

(0.721)

(0.840)

 Alzheimer or dementia diseases

0.605

1.398**

1.144*

(0.688)

(0.647)

(0.685)

 Mental health problems - other

0.474

1.960***

0.871

(0.732)

(0.658)

(0.715)

 Cancer

-1.025

-0.0960

-13.89

(0.931)

(0.777)

(330.4)

 Vision impairment

-1.141*

-0.870

0.0898

(0.676)

(0.588)

(0.640)

 Hearing impairment

1.477*

0.913

1.310

(0.873)

(0.840)

(0.875)

 Other diseases (incl. stroke, somatic problems)

-1.391***

0.184

-1.453***

(0.479)

(0.436)

(0.487)

 Constant

0.924

3.262***

-0.610

-0.408

1.433*

-1.111

(0.844)

(0.734)

(0.882)

(0.962)

(0.862)

(1.001)

Observations

1,087

1,087

1,087

1,087

1,087

1,087

Pseudo R2

0.324

0.324

0.324

0.422

0.422

0.422

Prob > chi2

0

0

0

0

0

0