Background characteristics | Sample | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Headship status | ||
 Nominal | 207 | 4.5 |
 Functional | 4397 | 95.5 |
Age group (years) | ||
 60–69 | 2903 | 63.1 |
 70–79 | 1254 | 27.2 |
 80+ | 447 | 9.7 |
Sex | ||
 Male | 3342 | 72.6 |
 Female | 1262 | 27.4 |
Educational attainment | ||
 Not educated | 1876 | 40.7 |
 5 years or less | 985 | 21.4 |
 6–10 years | 1381 | 30.0 |
 11+ years | 362 | 7.9 |
Marital status | ||
 Not in union | 1670 | 36.3 |
 Currently in union | 2934 | 63.7 |
Children co-residing | ||
 No | 1381 | 30.0 |
 Yes | 3223 | 70.0 |
Working status (last 1 year) | ||
 Not working | 2504 | 54.4 |
 Working | 1476 | 32.1 |
 Retired | 624 | 14.6 |
Community involvement | ||
 No | 837 | 18.2 |
 Yes | 3767 | 81.8 |
Trust over someone | ||
 No | 788 | 17.1 |
 yes | 3816 | 82.9 |
Self-rated health | ||
 Good | 2137 | 46.4 |
 Poor | 2467 | 53.6 |
Psychological distress | ||
 Low | 3667 | 79.6 |
 High | 937 | 20.4 |
Chronic morbidity | ||
 No | 1748 | 38.0 |
 Yes | 2856 | 62.0 |
Disability | ||
 No | 1382 | 30.0 |
 Yes | 3222 | 70.0 |
Wealth status | ||
 Poorest | 1066 | 23.2 |
 Poorer | 1005 | 21.8 |
 Middle | 972 | 21.1 |
 Richer | 873 | 19.0 |
 Richest | 686 | 14.9 |
Religion | ||
 Hindu | 3650 | 79.3 |
 Muslim | 327 | 7.1 |
 Sikh | 423 | 9.2 |
 Others | 203 | 4.4 |
Caste | ||
 Scheduled Tribe | 981 | 21.3 |
 Scheduled Caste | 225 | 4.9 |
 Other Backward Class | 1726 | 37.5 |
 Others | 1673 | 36.3 |
Type of residence | ||
 Rural | 3298 | 71.6 |
 Urban | 1306 | 28.4 |
State | ||
 Himachal Pradesh | 738 | 16.0 |
 Punjab | 649 | 14.1 |
 West Bengal | 584 | 12.7 |
 Orissa | 544 | 11.8 |
 Maharashtra | 660 | 14.3 |
 Kerala | 636 | 13.8 |
 Tamil Nadu | 792 | 17.2 |
 Total | 4604 | 100.0 |