Figure and Table | Representativeness of Social Surveys among Older Individuals Living in Poverty: Who Were Left Behind?

Table 1. Characteristics of Public Assistance Recipients Recruited to the JAGES Survey in 2019 and Their Response Rate across the Sociodemographic Variables.

From: Representativeness of Social Surveys among Older Individuals Living in Poverty: Who Were Left Behind?

		Recruited PA recipients		Respondent
Variables	Categories	n = 162	(%)	n = 79	(%)	% for n 48.8%
Age (y)	Mean, SD	76.7, 6.2		77.5, 6.0
	65-74	63	38.9	25	31.6	39.7
	75-84	82	50.6	44	55.7	53.7
	≥85	17	10.5	10	12.7	58.8
Sex	Woman	84	51.9	41	51.9	48.8
Sex	Man	78	48.1	38	48.1	48.7
Living alone	No	37	22.8	13	16.5	35.1
Living alone	Yes	125	77.2	66	83.5	52.8
Nationality	Japanese	157	96.9	77	97.5	49.0
Nationality	Others	5	3.1	2	2.5	40.0
Long-term care status	Not applicable	104	64.2	50	63.3	48.1
	Support required	38	23.5	20	25.3	52.6
	Care needed	20	12.3	9	11.4	45.0

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Table 2. Crude and Adjusted IRs with 95% CIs for JAGES Survey Response Among Public Assistance Recipients by Individual Characteristics Using Modified Poisson Regression (N = 162).

From: Representativeness of Social Surveys among Older Individuals Living in Poverty: Who Were Left Behind?

		Univariable regression			Multi-variable regression
Variables	Categories	IR	95% CI		IR	95% CI
Age	65-74	Ref			Ref
	75-84	1.35	0.94	1.95	1.18	0.89	1.58
	85-	1.48	0.90	2.45	1.08	0.68	1.70
Sex	Man	Ref			Ref
Sex	Woman	1.00	0.73	1.38	1.15	0.88	1.51
Living alone	No	Ref			Ref
Living alone	Yes	1.50	0.94	2.40	1.48	1.02	2.13
Nationality	Others	Ref	Ref
Nationality	Japanese	1.23	0.41	3.64	1.34	0.49	3.62
Long-term care Certification	None	Ref			Ref
	Support required	1.09	0.76	1.57	1.17	0.86	1.59
	Care Needs	0.94	0.55	1.58	0.88	0.58	1.33

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