Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants
From: The association between frailty and dignity in community-dwelling older people
Characteristics | N = 200 | % |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
  Female | 121 | 60 |
  Male | 79 | 40 |
Marital status | ||
  Single | 60 | 29 |
  Married | 139 | 71 |
Type of house | ||
  Rental | 47 | 23 |
  Personal | 146 | 77 |
Education level | ||
  Illiterate | 12 | 6 |
  Primary | 54 | 27 |
  High school | 76 | 38 |
  University | 58 | 29 |
Employment | ||
  Unemployed and Housewife | 50 | 25 |
  Retired | 120 | 60 |
  Employed | 30 | 15 |
Source of income | ||
  Working | 34 | 16 |
  Retirement | 146 | 75 |
  No income | 20 | 9 |
Annual physician visits | ||
  None | 48 | 24 |
  1–3 | 97 | 48 |
  ≥ 4 | 55 | 28 |
Hospitalizations during last year | ||
  None | 150 | 75 |
  1 | 34 | 17 |
  ≥ 2 | 16 | 8 |
Chronic illness | ||
  No | 89 | 45 |
  Yes | 104 | 55 |