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Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of institutionalized and non-institutionalized elders

From: Self-reported morbidities, nutritional characteristics, and associated factors in institutionalized and non-institutionalized older adults

 

Institutionalized elders. n = 180

Non-institutionalized elders n = 188

P-value

Age (years ± SD)

69.19 ± 9.12

70.42 ± 8.94

0.748

Sex n (%)

  

0.364

 Male

87 (48.3)

82 (43.6)

 Female

93 (51.7)

106 (56.4)

Marital status. n (%)

  

0.001

 Without partner

132 (73.3)

72 (38.3)

 With partner

48 (26.7)

116 (61.7)

Education status. n (%)

  

0.001

 Illiterate

144 (80.0)

128 (68.1)

 Primary

23 (12.7)

20 (10.6)

 Secondary

9 (5.1)

5 (2.6)

 Tertiary level

4 (2.2)

35 (18.6)

Health insurance. n (%)

  

0.001

 None

178 (98.9)

113 (60.1)

 Yes

2 (1.1)

75 (39.9)

Previous income per month. n (%)

  

0.001

 With low income

172 (95.5)

146 (77.6)

 With middle income

6 (3.3)

13 (6.9)

 With high-income

2 (1.1)

29 (15.4)

Origin. n (%)

  

0.176

 Urban

84 (46.7)

101 (53.7)

 Rural

96 (53.3)

87 (46.3)

Number of children. n (%)

  

0.001

 1 or more

79 (43.9)

181 (96.3)

 0

101 (56.1)

7 (3.7)

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation; (): absolute frequency