Disability among Palestinian elderly in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt): prevalence and associated factors

Table 3 Predictors of disability among Palestinian elderly in the oPt

Variable		Unadjusted OR^a (95%C.I.)	Adjusted OR^a	95% C.I. for OR^a		P-value
Variable		Unadjusted OR^a (95%C.I.)	Adjusted OR^a	Lower	Upper	P-value
Age	60–69	1	1
	70–79	2.32(2.00–2.69)	1.51	1.27	1.78	< 0.001
	80 and above	4.89(4.04–5.91	2.88	2.31	3.60
Gender	Male	1	1
Gender	Female	1.82(1.59–2.08)	1.65	1.33	2.04	< 0.001
Education	Secondary and above	1	1
	Illiterate	4.09(3.28–5.09)	2.37	1.83	3.06	< 0.001
	Less than secondary	1.91(1.52–2.40)	1.81	1.42	2.30
Family size	7 and above	1	1
	1–2 persons	1.58(1.33–1.88)	1.69	1.34	2.14	< 0.001
	3–6 persons	0.85(0.72–1.00)	1.23	1.01	1.51	0.043
Labor status	Working	1	1
	House worker	3.86(2.62–5.68)	1.83	1.21	2.79	0.004
	Not working	8.24(5.71–11.90	4.59	3.13	6.73	< 0.001
Refugee status	No	1	1
Refugee status	Yes	1.17(1.02–1.33)	1.22	1.04	1.42	0.012
Region	Gaza Strip	1	1
	North WB	1.16(0.99–1.37)	1.06	0.88	1.28	0.514
	Center WB	0.52(0.42–0.64)	0.46	0.37	0.58	< 0.001
	South WB	0.97(0.80–1.17)	0.91	0.72	1.13	0.382

^aThe variables inserted and adjusted for were age, sex, education, marital status, family size, family structure, labor status, refugee status, and region, C.I confidence interval, OR odds ratios, WB West Bank

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