Table 1 Differences in characteristics among participants choosing family care, HCBC and institutional care mode
Total (N = 1090) | Family care (N = 821) | HCBC (N = 182) | Institutional care (N = 87) | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Predisposing characteristics | |||||||||
Age | 0.211 | ||||||||
60-69 | 561 | 51.5 | 410 | 49.9 | 102 | 56.0 | 49 | 56.3 | |
70 or above | 529 | 48.5 | 411 | 50.1 | 80 | 44.0 | 38 | 43.7 | |
Gender | 0.219 | ||||||||
Female | 518 | 47.5 | 378 | 46.0 | 96 | 52.7 | 44 | 50.6 | |
(Male) | 572 | 52.5 | 443 | 54.0 | 86 | 47.3 | 43 | 49.4 | |
Educational level | 0.020 | ||||||||
Primary school or below | 217 | 19.9 | 170 | 20.7 | 37 | 20.3 | 10 | 11.5 | |
Junior high school or senior high school | 578 | 53.0 | 444 | 54.1 | 89 | 48.9 | 45 | 51.7 | |
(College or above) | 295 | 27.1 | 207 | 25.2 | 56 | 30.8 | 32 | 36.8 | |
Marital status | 0.198 | ||||||||
Currently not married | 187 | 17.2 | 136 | 16.6 | 30 | 16.5 | 21 | 24.1 | |
(Currently married) | 903 | 82.8 | 685 | 83.4 | 152 | 83.5 | 66 | 75.9 | |
Region | 0.001 | ||||||||
BJ | 414 | 38.0 | 298 | 36.3 | 69 | 37.9 | 47 | 54.0 | |
GZ | 232 | 21.3 | 165 | 20.1 | 62 | 34.1 | 5 | 5.7 | |
HB | 236 | 21.7 | 180 | 21.9 | 32 | 17.6 | 24 | 27.6 | |
(XA) | 208 | 19.1 | 178 | 21.7 | 19 | 10.4 | 11 | 12.6 | |
Enabling factors | |||||||||
Income (thousand, RMB) (mean, SD) | 35.838, 23.931 | 35.622, 24.710 | 36.787, 22.971 | 35.701, 17.789 | 0.050 | ||||
Number of children (mean, SD) | 2.220, 1.176 | 2.297, 1.182 | 2.002, 1.142 | 1.954, 1.109 | 0.001 | ||||
Contact frequency with children | <0.001 | ||||||||
Infrequently | 39 | 3.6 | 21 | 2.6 | 8 | 4.4 | 10 | 11.5 | |
Sometimes | 125 | 11.5 | 91 | 11.1 | 19 | 10.4 | 15 | 17.2 | |
(Frequently) | 926 | 85.0 | 709 | 86.4 | 155 | 85.2 | 62 | 71.3 | |
Need factors | |||||||||
IADL (mean, SD) | 7.324, 1.585 | 7.354, 1.536 | 7.233, 1775 | 7.233, 1.631 | 0.561 | ||||
Number of diseases (mean, SD) | 1.179, 1.003 | 1.136, 0.992 | 1.303, 1.036 | 1.333, 1.008 | 0.041 | ||||
Psychosocial factors | |||||||||
Intergenerational relationships (mean, SD) | 4.707, 0.855 | 4.755, 0.801 | 4.654, 0.882 | 4.364, 1.164 | <0.001 | ||||
Unmet care service needs (mean, SD) | 4.581, 3.590 | 4.450, 3.579 | 5.423, 3.693 | 4.058, 3.225 | 0.001 | ||||
Self-image (mean, SD) | 54.599, 8.591 | 54.922, 8.456 | 53.007, 8.467 | 54.880, 9.771 | 0.023 | ||||