Investigating the associations between productive housework activities, sleep hours and self-reported health among elderly men and women in western industrialised countries

Table 2 Multivariate associations between good self-reported health status and housework, pooled data of 7 countries. Men, women 65+ years old

Variables	Men	Women
	aOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)
Time use Activities
Cleaning, cooking & shopping mins/day
0 min (ref)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
>0 to 60	1.23 (1.12–1.35)**	1.61 (1.38–1.89)**
>60 to 120	1.13 (1.02–1.26)*	1.46 (1.25–1.70)**
>120	1.58 (1.43–1.74)**	1.48 (1.30–1.68)**
Gardening and maintenance mins/day
0 min (ref)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
>0 to 60	1.27 (1.16–1.40)**	1.31(1.22–1.41)**
>60 to 120	1.40(1.25–1.56)**	1.43(1.29–1.59)**
>120	1.80(1.64–1.98)**	1.56(1.41–1.73)**
Childcare mins/day
0 min (ref)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
>0 to 60	1.18 (0.85–1.65)	1.11 (0.85–1.46)
>60 to 120	1.60 (0.85–3.00)	1.25 (0.83–1.87)
>120	1.81 (1.03–3.20)*	2.46 (1.63–3.72)**
Pseudo R2	0.0815	0.1049
Log Likelihood	−9728.2581	−12,635.574

Notes: aOR- adjusted Odd Ratio, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05. CI: confidence interval. Adjusted by age, education, householdsize, land tenure, employment status and other time use activities (active leisure, paid work, passive leisure & personal activities)

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