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Table 1 Participants Socio-Demographic and Health Characteristics

From: "The contribution of chronic diseases to the prevalence of dependence among older people in Latin America, China and India: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey"

Variable

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Urban Peru

Rural Peru

Venezuela

Urban Mexico

Rural Mexico

Urban China

Rural China

India Urban

Rural India

Response rate (%)

94

95

80

88

80

84

86

74

96

72

98

Achieved sample (n)

2,944

2,011

1,381

552

1,965

1,003

1,000

1,160

1,002

1,005

999

Age (MV)

7

0

1

0

4

1

0

0

0

4

0

   Mean (SD)

75.1 (7.0)

75.3 (7.5)

75.0 (7.4)

74.2 (7.3)

72.3 (6.9)

74.5 (6.6)

74.1 (6.7)

73.9 (6.2)

72.4 (6.0)

71.3 (6.1)

72.6 (5.8)

Sex (MV)

0

2

0

0

33

0

0

0

0

15

0

   Female (%)

1913 (65.0)

1325 (65.9)

888 (64.3)

295 (53.4)

1226 (63.5)

666 (66.4)

602 (60.2)

661 (57.0)

556 (55.5)

571 (57.7)

545 (54.6)

Education (MV)

8

19

8

8

40

2

0

0

0

2

0

   No education (%)

75 (2.6)

392 (19.7)

37 (2.7)

84 (15.4)

156 (8.1)

227 (22.7)

327 (32.7)

232 (20.0)

579 (57.8)

428 (42.7)

660 (66.1)

   Some Education (%)

655 (22.3)

1022 (51.3)

90 (6.6)

141 (25.9)

445 (23.1)

354 (35.4)

510 (51.0)

153 (13.2)

114 (11.4)

234 (23.3)

195 (19.5)

   Primary (%)

979 (33.3)

370 (18.6)

460 (33.5)

267 (49.1)

965 (50.1)

229 (22.9)

122 (12.2)

303 (26.1)

259 (25.9)

212 (21.1)

116 (11.6)

   Secondary (%)

728 (24.8)

135 (6.8)

481 (35.0)

36 (6.6)

266 (13.8)

99 (9.9)

25 (2.5)

335 (28.9)

45 (4.5)

87 (8.7)

26 (2.6)

   Tertiary (%)

499 (17.0)

73 (3.7)

305 (22.2)

16 (2.9)

93 (4.8)

92 (9.2)

16 (1.6)

137 (11.8)

5 (0.5)

42 (4.2)

2 (0.2)

Currently married (MV)

8

15

10

1

45

0

1

0

0

3

0

Currently married

1271 (43.3)

586 (29.4)

784 (57.2)

308 (55.9)

921 (48.0)

470 (46.9)

538 (53.9)

829 (71.5)

585 (58.4)

523 (52.2)

481 (48.1)

Co residence (MV)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

With children (%)

1422 (48.3)

963 (47.9)

890 (64.4)

326 (59.1)

1578 (80.3)

565 (56.3)

523 (52.3)

446 (38.4)

679 (67.8)

719 (71.5)

625 (62.6)

Dementia (MV)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10/66 or DSM-IV criteria (%)

323 (11.0)

242 (12.0)

130 (9.4)

36 (6.5)

145 (7.4)

93 (9.3)

87 (8.7)

84 (7.2)

56 (5.6)

75 (7.5)

108 (10.8)

Depression (MV)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

ICD-10 depressive episode (%)

144 (4.9)

278 (13.8)

87 (6.3)

16 (2.9)

107 (5.5)

47 (4.7)

45 (4.5)

3 (0.3)

7 (0.7)

39 (3.9)

126 (12.6)

Physical impairments (MV)

6

2

1

1

33

0

0

0

0

1

0

Three or more (%)

292 (9.9)

465 (23.1)

224 (16.2)

40 (7.3)

489 (24.9)

158 (15.8)

185 (18.5)

208 (17.9)

39 (3.9)

41 (4.1)

168 (16.8)

Self-reported health (MV)

9

2

7

1

46

1

0

0

0

2

0

'bad' or 'very bad' (%)

271 (9)

186 (9)

70 (5)

11 (2)

87 (5)

87 (9)

84 (8)

42 (4)

42 (4)

46 (5)

97 (10)

Informant co-resident (MV)

24

3

1

3

15

0

0

0

0

4

0

Yes (%)

2307 (78.4)

1388 (69.1)

1166 (84.4)

460 (83.3)

1633 (83.1)

778 (77.6)

619 (61.9)

1064 (91.7)

960 (95.8)

807 (80.3)

806 (80.7)

Informant age group (MV)

21

5

1

6

11

2

2

0

0

4

0

≤20 years (%)

68 (2.3)

107 (5.3)

25 (1.8)

13 (2.4)

62 (3.2)

32 (3.2)

50 (5.0)

13 (1.2)

3 (0.3)

39 (3.8)

26 (2.6)

21-44 years (%)

941 (31.9)

731 (36.3)

340 (24.6)

216 (39.2)

748 (38.1)

393 (39.2)

551 (55.1)

177 (15.3)

275 (27.5)

500 (49.7)

492 (49.2)

45-64 years (%)

912 (30.9)

674 (33.5)

421 (30.5)

161 (29.2)

711 (36.2)

321 (32.0)

315 (31.5)

270 (23.3)

399 (39.8)

315 (31.4)

361 (36.2)

≥65 years (%)

1002 (34.1)

494 (24.6)

594 (43.1)

156 (28.3)

433 (22.1)

255 (25.4)

82 (8.2)

700 (60.4)

325 (32.4)

147 (14.6)

120 (12.1)

Informant Sex (MV)

26

3

0

3

22

1

0

0

0

5

0

Female (%)

2033 (69.1)

1454 (72.3)

996 (72.2)

398 (72.1)

1366 (69.5)

740 (73.8)

799 (79.9)

666 (57.4)

341 (34.1)

758 (75.4)

826 (82.7)

Informant relationship to

older participant (MV)

21

5

1

3

22

1

0

1

0

5

0

Spouse (%)

926 (31.4)

403 (20.0)

463 (33.5)

162 (29.3)

530 (26.9)

224 (22.3)

104 (10.4)

691 (59.6)

345 (34.4)

264 (26.3)

328 (32.8)

Child (%)

1057 (35.9)

738 (36.7)

505 (36.6)

257 (46.6)

928 (47.2)

497 (49.5)

480 (48.0)

317 (27.3)

521 (52.0)

297 (29.5)

200 (20.0)

Son-Daughter-in Law (%)

99 (3.4)

50 (2.5)

32 (2.3)

19 (3.4)

61 (3.1)

70 (6.9)

177 (17.7)

42 (3.6)

108 (10.8)

253 (25.2)

297 (29.7)

Sibling (%)

145 (4.9)

108 (5.4)

98 (7.1)

23 (4.2)

54 (2.7)

40 (3.9)

32 (3.2)

5 (0.4)

3 (0.3)

24 (2.4)

15 (1.5)

Other (%)

696 (23.6)

707 (35.2)

282 (20.4)

88 (15.9)

370 (18.8)

171 (17.0)

207 (20.7)

104 (8.9)

25 (2.5)

162 (16.2)

159 (15.9)

  1. Abbreviations used: MV = missing values; ICD-10 = International Classification of Diseases (10th ed.)