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Table 5 Estimates of respondents’ propensity scores for using four types of community care services

From: Utilisation of community care services and self-rated health among elderly population in China: a survey-based analysis with propensity score matching method

Covariate

Daily care services

Medical care services

Social and recreational services

Spiritual comfort services

Model 9

Model 10

Model 11

Model 12

β (SE)

β (SE)

β (SE)

β (SE)

Age

0.003 (0.016)

0.002 (0.016)

−0.028 (0.015) *

−0.041 (0.020) **

Gender (ref: Female)

0.042 (0.208)

0.252 (0.219)

0.193 (0.202)

0.390 (0.260)

Marital status (ref: single)

−0.543 (0.227) **

−0.264 (0.243)

− 0.173 (0.222)

− 1.032 (0.277) ***

Education level 2(ref: Education level 1)

0.410 (0.260)

0.167 (0.253)

0.176 (0.234)

0.196 (0.318)

Education level 3(ref: Education level 1)

0.954 (0.276) ***

0.641 (0.288) **

0.608 (0.267) **

0.240 (0.338)

ADL limitation(ref: no)

0.333 (0.729)

0.258 (0.811)

−1.443 (0.755) *

0.733 (0.933)

Chronic disease(ref: no)

0.204 (0.198)

−0.230 (0.204)

− 0.126 (0.188)

− 0.30 (0.243)

Hukou location(ref: rural)

− 0.159 (0.214)

− 0.417 (0.219) *

− 0.626 (0.206) ***

0.405 (0.266)

Household income (ref: below-average incomes)

0.065 (0.200)

−0.339 (0.208)

0.072 (0.192)

−0.674 (0.254) ***

Health insurance(ref: no)

0.252 (0.819)

2.382 (0.765) ***

1.585 (0.748) **

0.490 (1.152)

Old-age insurance(ref: no)

−0.258 (0.527)

−1.085 (0.662)

0.207 (0.493)

−0.682 (0.582)

Outpatient service(ref: no)

0.250 (0.268)

−0.784 (0.259) ***

0.541 (0.268) **

−0.075 (0.362)

Inpatient service(ref: no)

0.326 (0.281)

−0.128 (0.285)

−1.070 (0.268) ***

0.283 (0.355)

Number of children

0.089 (0.088)

0.192 (0.094) **

−0.298 (0.084) ***

−0.003 (0.114)

Instrumental support(ref: no)

−0.320 (0.352)

− 0.458 (0.348)

0.291 (0.319)

1.325 (0.553) **

Emotional support(ref: no)

0.620 (0.372) *

0.659 (0.326) **

0.422 (0.311)

−0.108 (0.471)

Regular exercise(ref: no)

0.791 (0.275) ***

−0.022 (0.252)

0.246 (0.231)

0.883 (0.369) **

Observation

612

612

612

612

Pseudo R-squared

0.049

0.064

0.114

0.089

  1. β: regression coefficient; SE: standard error.
  2. Education level 1: primary school or lower, Education level 2: junior middle school, Education level 3: senior middle school or higher.
  3. * p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, and *** p < 0.01