Table 1 Unweighted socio-demographic characteristic of study participants
From: Is multimorbidity associated with higher risk of falls among older adults in India?
Socio-demographic characteristics | Categories | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) (n = 28,567) | 60–69 | 17,421 (61.0) |
70–79 | 8262 (28.9) | |
≥ 80 | 2884 (10.1) | |
Sex (n = 28,567) | Male | 13,743 (48.1) |
Female | 14,824 (51.9) | |
Residence (n = 28,567) | Rural | 19,021 (66.6) |
Urban | 9546 (33.4) | |
Education (n = 28,567) | Formal Education | 13,274 (46.5) |
No formal education | 15,293 (53.5) | |
Caste (n = 28,340) | Scheduled Caste | 4662 (16.5) |
Scheduled Tribe | 4732 (16.7) | |
Other Backward Class | 10,865 (38.3) | |
Others | 8081 (28.5) | |
Working status (n = 28,564) | Currently working | 8557 (30.0) |
Currently not working | 20,007 (70.0) | |
Partner status (n = 28,306) | Living with partner | 18,361 (64.9) |
Not living with partner | 9945 (35.1) | |
Wealth Index (n = 28,567) | Most Deprived | 5852 (20.5) |
2 | 5896 (20.6) | |
3 | 5871 (20.6) | |
4 | 5629 (19.7) | |
Most affluent | 5319 (18.6) | |
Alcohol consumption (n = 28,534) | Yes | 4936 (17.3) |
No | 23,598 (82.7) | |
Tobacco consumption (n = 28,528) | Smoking | 4791 (16.8) |
Smokeless | 5390 (18.9) | |
Dual | 1054 (3.7) | |
Abstainer | 17,293 (60.6) | |
Region (n = 28,567) | North | 4323 (15.1) |
Central | 4860 (17.0) | |
East | 5325 (18.7) | |
North-east | 3421 (12.0) | |
West | 3800 (13.3) | |
South | 6838 (23.9) |