Background Characteristics | Categories | India | China |
---|---|---|---|
Mean age (years, SD) | Â | 61.5 (8.89) | 62.6(8.96) |
Mean height (cm, SD) | Â | 156.7(9.97) | 159.2(8.68) |
Mean cognitive functioning (score, SD) | Â | 38.1 (10.01) | 50.9 (11.8) |
– |  | % | % |
Sex | Male | 51.0 | 49.8 |
Female | 49.0 | 50.2 | |
Residence | Urban | 28.9 | 47.4 |
Rural | 71.1 | 52.6 | |
Marital status | Married | 76.9 | 85.1 |
Otherwise | 23.1 | 14.9 | |
Schooling | No formal education | 50.8 | 22.6 |
Less than primary | 10.9 | 18.8 | |
Completed secondary | 24.4 | 40.9 | |
Higher secondary (HS) and above | 13.9 | 17.7 | |
Wealth quintile | Poorest | 18.2 | 16.3 |
Poorer | 19.5 | 18.1 | |
Middle | 18.8 | 20.5 | |
Richer | 19.6 | 23.3 | |
Richest | 23.9 | 21.8 | |
Own employment | Never worked | 27.0 | 8.6 |
Informal employment | 22.2 | 2.6 | |
Self-employed | 36.4 | 45.2 | |
Private/public sector | 14.4 | 43.6 | |
Mother’s education | No formal education | 90.2 | 87.4 |
Less than primary | 5.3 | 6.0 | |
Completed secondary | 3.9 | 5.1 | |
Higher secondary (HS) and above | 0.6 | 1.5 | |
Father’s education | No formal education | 66.6 | 68.7 |
Less than primary | 13.3 | 12.9 | |
Completed secondary | 15.4 | 13.9 | |
Higher secondary (HS) and above | 4.8 | 4.5 | |
Mother’s employment | Never worked | 65.5 | 38.7 |
Informal employment | 17.6 | 1.8 | |
Self-employed | 14.5 | 48.6 | |
Private/public sector | 2.5 | 10.9 | |
Father’s employment | Never worked | 2.8 | 24.8 |
Informal employment | 26.4 | 2.0 | |
Self-employed | 57.1 | 51.1 | |
Private/public sector | 13.7 | 22.1 | |
Body mass index | Underweight | 38.3 | 4.1 |
Normal weight | 48.3 | 59.9 | |
Overweight | 10.6 | 29.9 | |
Obesity | 2.8 | 6.1 | |
Self-rated health | Good | 77.6 | 78.8 |
Poor | 22.4 | 21.2 | |
1 + ADL | No | 47.8 | 87.1 |
Yes | 52.2 | 12.9 | |
Sleep problems | No | 85.5 | 97.3 |
Yes | 14.5 | 2.7 | |
Edentulism (Teeth loss) | No | 84.9 | 90.9 |
Yes | 15.1 | 9.1 | |
Tobacco use | No | 53.1 | 73.6 |
Yes | 46.9 | 26.4 | |
Alcohol use | No | 96.0 | 83.2 |
Yes | 4.0 | 16.8 | |
Physical inactivity | No | 68.5 | 61.2 |
Yes | 31.5 | 38.8 | |
Self-reported depression | No | 95.9 | 99.7 |
Yes | 4.1 | 0.3 | |
Observations | – | 6560 | 13,106 |