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Table 3 Multivariable association between living arrangements and receipt of carea among older Brazilians with activity of daily living (ADL) limitations and who reported needing care for one or more tasks, stratified by educational and household asset levels (National Health Survey, 2013)

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in activities of daily living limitations and in the provision of informal and formal care for noninstitutionalized older Brazilians: National Health Survey, 2013

 

Years of schooling

Living arrangements

Illiterate

PR (95 % CI)

1–9

PR (95 % CI)

≥9

PR (95 % CI)

Live alone

1.0

1.0

1.0

Live with one person

1.14 (0.96, 1.36)

1.33 (1.12, 1.58)*

0.92 (0.67, 1.25)

Live with two or more persons

1.27 (1.08, 1.50)*

1.47 (1.25, 1.74)*

0.97 (0.70, 1.34)

 

Household assets tertiles

 

Lowest

Intermediate

Highest

Live alone

1.0

1.0

1.0

Live with one person

1.22 (1.07, 1.39)*

1.25 (1.01, 1.55)*

0.71 (0.46, 1.09)

Live with two or more persons

1.34 (1.17, 1.53)*

1.44 (1.18, 1.77)*

0.76 (0.49, 1.16)

  1. aNo. of ADL tasks for which the individual received help from unpaid or paid persons (informal or formal care) (unweighted sample size = 5,978). PR (95 % CI): Prevalence ratios and 95 % Confidence Intervals estimated by negative binomial regression and adjusted for age (continuous), gender, and proxy respondent for the interview (yes, no) and mutually adjusted for schooling and household assets. *: p <0.05 (log likelihood test). All estimates took into account the complex sample design and survey weights