Table 2 Socio-economic profile of the study participants, 2017–18
Background characteristics | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample | % | Sample | % | |
Age | ||||
Young-old | 8632 | 58.9 | 9524 | 59.9 |
Old-old | 4453 | 30.4 | 4672 | 29.4 |
Oldest-old | 1567 | 10.7 | 1703 | 10.7 |
Living arrangement | ||||
Living alone | 362 | 2.5 | 1369 | 8.6 |
Living with spouse | 3623 | 24.7 | 2435 | 15.3 |
Living with children | 10,125 | 69.1 | 11,004 | 69.2 |
Living with others | 541 | 3.7 | 1091 | 6.9 |
Marital status | ||||
Currently married | 11,887 | 81.1 | 7091 | 44.6 |
widowed | 2414 | 16.5 | 8507 | 53.5 |
Others | 350 | 2.4 | 301 | 1.9 |
Working status | ||||
Never worked | 551 | 3.8 | 7415 | 46.6 |
Currently working | 6308 | 43.1 | 3059 | 19.2 |
Currently not working | 5818 | 39.7 | 5129 | 32.3 |
Retired | 1973 | 13.5 | 295 | 1.9 |
Social participation | ||||
No | 1080 | 7.4 | 1542 | 9.7 |
Yes | 13,572 | 92.6 | 14,357 | 90.3 |
Self-rated health | ||||
Good | 7806 | 53.3 | 7918 | 49.8 |
Poor | 6846 | 46.7 | 7981 | 50.2 |
Depression | ||||
No | 13,559 | 92.5 | 14,358 | 90.3 |
Yes | 1093 | 7.5 | 1541 | 9.7 |
Difficulty in ADL | ||||
No | 11,714 | 80.0 | 11,862 | 74.6 |
Yes | 2938 | 20.1 | 4037 | 25.4 |
Difficulty in IADL | ||||
No | 9090 | 62.0 | 6958 | 43.8 |
Yes | 5562 | 38.0 | 8941 | 56.2 |
Morbidity status | ||||
0 | 7261 | 49.6 | 7101 | 44.7 |
1 | 4154 | 28.4 | 4778 | 30.1 |
2+ | 3237 | 22.1 | 4020 | 25.3 |
Religion | ||||
Hindu | 12,126 | 82.8 | 13,138 | 82.6 |
Muslim | 1599 | 10.9 | 1679 | 10.6 |
Christian | 381 | 2.6 | 503 | 3.2 |
Others | 545 | 3.7 | 580 | 3.7 |
Place of residence | ||||
Rural | 10,664 | 72.8 | 11,028 | 69.4 |
Urban | 3988 | 27.2 | 4871 | 30.6 |
Region | ||||
North | 1842 | 12.6 | 2064 | 13.0 |
Central | 3322 | 22.7 | 3078 | 19.4 |
East | 3631 | 24.8 | 3642 | 22.9 |
Northeast | 431 | 2.9 | 479 | 3.0 |
West | 2391 | 16.3 | 2861 | 18.0 |
South | 3036 | 20.7 | 3775 | 23.7 |
Total | 14,652 | 100 | 15,899 | 100 |