Model

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

OR (S.E.)

R

OR (S.E.)

R

OR (S.E.)

R

Demographic characteristics

Age

0.935 (0.012)

0.000***

0.938 (0.012)

0.000***

0.949 (0.013)

0.000***

Sex

Male = 0

Female

0.487 (0.224)

0.001***

0.704 (0.243)

0.149

0.755 (0.264)

0.287

Marriage

Married = 0

Unmarried, divorce and widowed

5.164 (0.329)

0.000***

5.647 (0.341)

0.000***

6.328 (0.363)

0.000***

Disability level

Mild disability = 0

Moderate disability

2.166 (0.273)

0.005**

2.330 (0.284)

0.003**

2.232 (0.306)

0.009**

Severe disability

2.157 (0.268)

0.004**

2.150 (0.279)

0.006**

1.929 (0.304)

0.031*

Self-assessment of health status

Good = 0

Bad

0.561 (0.246)

0.019*

0.627 (0.255)

0.067

0.696 (0.435)

0.006**

Family characteristics

Source of life

Pension = 0

Family

0.250 (0.264)

0.000***

0.198 (0.295)

0.000***

Government relief and others

0.424 (0.359)

0.017*

0.28 (0.394)

0.001**

Number of surviving children

0.798 (0.062)

0.000***

0.827 (0.064)

0.003**

Self-assessment of Economic Situation

Rich = 0

Moderate

0.869 (0.279)

0.614

0.812 (0.306)

0.496

Poverty

0.516 (0.462)

0.152

0.521 (0.498)

0.190

Sociological factors

Living willingness

Live alone (or with spouse only) = 0

Live with children

0.218 (0.327)

0.000***

Nursing home

2.637 (0.312)

0.002**

Social security and commercial insurance

No = 0

Yes

0.630 (0.425)

0.277

Community support

No = 0

Yes

1.550 (0.257)

0.088

Nagelkerke R2

0.114

0.195

0.316