Table 2 Prevalence of ADL disability (severe, moderate, and no ADL disability) and IADL disability (severe, moderate, and no IADL disability) among elderly by sociodemographic parameters in India
| Â | Â | ADL Disability | Â | IADL Disability | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Severe ADL disability | Moderate ADL disability | No ADL Disability | P-value | Severe IADL disability | Moderate IADL disability | No IADL Disability | P-value | ||
Sex | Male | 2.8 | 16.8 | 80.4 | 0.000 | 4.2 | 34.6 | 61.2 | 0.000 |
Female | 3.5 | 21.6 | 74.9 | 7.5 | 49.4 | 43.1 | |||
Age | 60–69 | 1.4 | 15.2 | 83.4 | 0.000 | 2.3 | 38.5 | 59.1 | 0.000 |
70+ | 5.7 | 25.1 | 69.1 | 11.1 | 48.0 | 41.0 | |||
Marital status | Currently married | 2.3 | 17.0 | 80.7 | 0.000 | 3.9 | 37.8 | 58.4 | 0.000 |
Never married | 6.5 | 13.3 | 80.2 | 9.4 | 37.1 | 53.6 | |||
Divorced/Separated/Deserted | 4.6 | 23.2 | 72.3 | 9.3 | 50.3 | 40.5 | |||
Education | No Education | 3.9 | 21.2 | 75.0 | 0.000 | 8.1 | 48.6 | 43.3 | 0.000 |
Below primary | 2.9 | 24.8 | 72.4 | 4.6 | 44.5 | 50.9 | |||
Primary | 2.5 | 16.1 | 81.4 | 3.8 | 33.8 | 62.5 | |||
Secondary | 1.9 | 13.3 | 84.8 | 2.0 | 30.5 | 67.4 | |||
Higher | 1.9 | 10.7 | 87.4 | 1.6 | 21.7 | 76.7 | |||
Living arrangement | Living alone | 2.5 | 23.6 | 73.9 | 0.000 | 5.7 | 53.8 | 40.5 | 0.000 |
With spouse | 2.3 | 16.9 | 80.8 | 3.8 | 37.6 | 58.6 | |||
With others | 4.8 | 22.9 | 72.3 | 9.8 | 49.3 | 40.9 | |||
Place of residence | Rural | 3.3 | 20.0 | 76.7 | 0.245 | 6.8 | 44.8 | 48.4 | 0.000 |
Urban | 3.0 | 17.6 | 79.4 | 3.9 | 36.6 | 59.5 | |||
Wealth Index | Poorest | 4.1 | 20.4 | 75.5 | 0.245 | 7.6 | 42.8 | 49.7 | Â |
Poorer | 3.0 | 19.8 | 77.2 | 5.7 | 44.0 | 50.3 | |||
Middle | 2.9 | 19.3 | 77.8 | 5.8 | 40.1 | 54.1 | |||
Richer | 2.5 | 17.9 | 79.6 | 4.8 | 43.9 | 51.3 | |||
Richest | 3.4 | 18.7 | 77.9 | 5.5 | 41.2 | 53.3 | |||
Covered with health Insurance | Yes | 2.3 | 15.5 | 82.2 | 0.000 | 3.9 | 39.5 | 56.6 | 0.000 |
No | 3.4 | 20.2 | 76.4 | 6.4 | 43.2 | 50.4 | |||
Use of tobacco | No | 3.4 | 19.0 | 77.7 | 0.003 | 6.2 | 43.2 | 50.7 | 0.000 |
Yes | 2.9 | 19.9 | 77.3 | 5.6 | 41.5 | 53.0 | |||
Self-rated health | Poor | 7.9 | 33.6 | 58.5 | 0.000 | 13.9 | 53.4 | 32.7 | 0.013 |
Good | 1.6 | 16.5 | 82.0 | 3.5 | 40.6 | 55.9 | |||
Physical activity | Yes | 0.9 | 13.5 | 85.6 | 0.000 | 1.7 | 37.1 | 61.2 | 0.000 |
No | 4.2 | 21.9 | 73.9 | 7.8 | 44.9 | 47.2 | |||