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Table 1 The proportion of people who do not do individual Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) for reasons other than health or physical problems reported by gender, age, and health status

From: Understanding non-performance reports for instrumental activity of daily living items in population analyses: a cross sectional study

 

Phone N = 34

Money N = 408

Meal N = 553

Light housework N = 392

Shop N = 188

Heavy housework N = 1050

Gender

 Male (N = 6339)

17 (0.21 %)

244 (3.70 %)

439 (6.50 %)

341 (5.08 %)

142 (2.07 %)

614 (8.92 %)

 Female (N = 7540)

17 (0.19 %)

164 (2.05 %)

114 (1.34 %)

51 (0.58 %)

46 (0.52 %)

436 (5.24 %)

P-values

0.6121

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

Age

 <65 (N = 2436)

a

60 (2.54 %)

64 (2.46 %)

54 (2.25 %)

30 (1.23 %)

100 (3.70 %)

 ≥65 (N = 11443)

26 (0.18 %)

348 (2.84 %)

489 (3.90 %)

338 (2.68 %)

158 (1.22 %)

950 (7.51 %)

P-values

0.3589

0.1251

0.0002

0.0462

0.5629

<.0001

Perceived Health Status

 Excellent/Very Good/Good (N = 10219)

19 (0.14 %)

253 (2.31 %)

403 (3.57 %)

253 (2.22 %)

111 (0.93 %)

808 (7.11 %)

 Fair/Poor (N = 3660)

15 (0.35 %)

155 (4.24 %)

150 (3.97 %)

139 (3.77 %)

77 (2.09 %)

242 (6.29 %)

P-values

0.0196

<.0001

0.7264

<.0001

<.0001

0.0107

  1. aCannot display percentage since cell size is less than 11