The marital status of disabled women in Canada: a populationbased analysis

Age distributionCurrent marital statusCondition18–2930–3940–4950–59Married/
common lawSeparated/
divorced/wid.Single: never
marriedAcquiredPresent at
birthNo disability reported
(n = 32,200)29.723.825.121.464.08.827.2––Reported disability
(n = 9450)20.218.529.731.660.914.025.186.113.9Disability + cog imp^a
(n = 424)25.217.928.628.239.119.741.277.722.3

Note: Cog imp = cognitive impairment.

^aNot mutually exclusive – women are a subset of those with any reported disability.

Proportion of women single/never married by age bracket.

Table 2.

Marital status, by disability and age bracket.

Age bracket18–2930–3940–4950–59Single: never married (%) No disability reported62.417.011.48.1 Disability reported65.024.214.89.7 Disability + cog imp^a83.238.222.724.1Married/common law (%) No disability reported36.376.175.176.2 Disability reported33.263.669.269.3 Disability + cog imp^a14.040.848.750.4Single: separated/divorced/widowed (%) No disability reported1.36.913.515.7 Disability reported1.912.216.020.9 Disability + cog imp^a–21.128.625.2

Note: Cog imp = cognitive impairment.

^aWomen in this group are a subset of those in the ‘Disability reported’ group.

Table 3.

Relationship between disability and marital status: women age 18–59 years.

Age adjustedAdjusted for age, ethno-racial group, education and employmentOR95% CI for OROR95% CI for ORSingle: never married^a Disability reported1.37[1.29, 1.46]1.34[1.27, 1.45]Disability + cog imp3.77[2.94, 4.84]3.42[2.61, 4.49]Single: separated/divorced/widowed^a Disability reported1.47[1.37, 1.59]1.47[1.36, 1.58]Disability + cog imp3.16[2.41, 4.14]3.66[2.76, 4.87]

Note: Cog imp = cognitive impairment.

^aReference category is married/common law.

Table 4.

Variation in the marital status of disabled women (n = 8741).

BSESig.Exp(B)95% CI for Exp(B)Single: never married^aIntercept2.110.340.000Age bracket−0.950.030.0000.39[0.37, 0.41]Ethno-racial group: ‘white’−0.070.070.3240.93[0.81, 1.07]Educational attainment−0.140.030.0000.87[0.82, 0.92]Worked for pay (past year)−0.060.070.4050.94[0.81, 1.09]Condition acquired−0.270.080.0010.77[0.66, 0.89]Cognitive impairment0.140.020.0001.15[1.09, 1.20]Mobility limitations0.250.050.0001.28[1.15, 1.42]Speech: no problems−0.490.310.1140.61[0.33, 1.13]Single: separated/divorced/widowed^aIntercept−2.410.390.000Age bracket0.280.040.0001.33[1.27, 1.42]Ethno-racial group: ‘white’0.100.090.2861.10[0.92, 1.31]Educational attainment−0.070.030.0140.93[0.88, 0.99]Worked for pay (past year)−0.380.080.0000.69[0.59, 0.80]Condition acquired0.120.110.2501.13[0.92, 1.39]Cognitive Impairment0.210.030.0001.23[1.17, 1.29]Mobility limitations0.140.050.0051.15[1.04, 1.27]Speech: no problems−0.190.330.5610.82[0.43, 1.58]Model fitχ² = 2.02, df 18, p < .001, Nagelkerke Pseudo R-Square = 0.25

^aReference category is married/common law.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2015.1081616 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 295 - 303

Submitted on: Dec 30, 2014

Accepted on: Jul 1, 2015

Published on: Sep 4, 2016

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Divorce,

women,

cognitive impairment,

disability,

marriage

© 2016 Amber Savage, David McConnell, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 18 (2016): Issue 4

The marital status of disabled women in Canada: a populationbased analysis

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Table 1.

Sample characteristics: women ages 18–59.

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Table 2.

Marital status, by disability and age bracket.

Table 3.

Relationship between disability and marital status: women age 18–59 years.

Table 4.

Variation in the marital status of disabled women (n = 8741).

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