Table 1 Characteristics of respondents (personal budget and help in kind), uncorrected and corrected (n = 446)

Severity of physical disability

34.7

30.05

34.75

34.89

−1.8

−9.15

< 0.005

−0.2

0.84

Education

3.97

3.76

3.98

4.1

−7.3

−1.83

0.07

−0.76

0.45

Women (vs. men)

0.69

0.72

0.69

0.68

0.9

1.08

0.14

0.1

0.92

Living alone (vs. cohabiting)

0.55

0.56

0.55

0.53

4.2

0.28

0.39

0.46

0.65

Age

64.44

70.74

64.44

64.7

−1.7

6.31

< 0.005

−0.17

0.86

 Income 1000–1500 euro

0.22

0.15

0.23

0.16

16.1

−2.75

0.006

1.73

0.08

 Income 1500–2000 euro

0.15

0.2

0.15

0.13

6.6

1.83

0.068

0.79

0.43

 Income > 2000 euro

0.15

0.13

0.15

0.15

1.2

−0.8

0.42

0.13

0.90

 No income data

0.14

0.12

0.13

0.14

−1.2

−0.75

0.45

−0.13

0.89

 Mental health problem

0.23

0.16

0.23

0.26

−7.3

−2.59

0.009

−0.74

0.46

 Mastery

13.93

15.53

13.9

13.82

2

5.68

< 0.005

0.21

0.83

 % living alone 65+ in community

6.7

6.61

6.7

6.81

−9.8

−1.07

0.29

−1.05

0.29

 % disabled in community

4.4

4.32

4.4

4.39

1.5

−1.29

0.20

0.17

0.86

 % people below income threshold

6.34

6.3

6.36

6.47

−4.8

−0.27

0.79

−0.52

0.60

4.7