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Table 1 Prevalence (%) of Multi-morbidity, Functional Health Limitations, Mental Health Conditions, High Social participation Score and Poor SRH by Background Characteristics in India, LASI Wave-1, 2017-18

From: Association of multi-morbidity, social participation, functional and mental health with the self-rated health of middle-aged and older adults in India: a study based on LASI wave-1

Characteristics

Multi-morbiditya

Functional Health Limitationsb

Mental Health Conditionsc

Social participation

SRH

Sample

No

1

1+

Neither

Either

Both

Neither

Either

Both

Low

Middle

High

Poor

n

Residence

Rural

61.1

26.1

12.8

55.9

29.7

14.5

78.9

19.9

1.2

41.5

38.2

20.4

19.5

42,424

Urban

44.7

29.9

25.4

67.0

21.1

11.9

88.4

11.0

0.6

29.8

44.6

25.6

16.1

23,138

Age

45-59

62.7

25.1

12.2

70.8

22.0

7.2

86.5

12.9

0.6

32.7

42.0

25.4

12.7

34,098

60-74

50.2

28.7

21.1

52.6

31.6

15.8

80.3

18.6

1.2

39.8

40.2

20.0

21.6

24,715

75+

46.3

32.3

21.4

32.0

33.1

34.9

65.3

32.3

2.5

54.2

31.8

14.0

33.7

6749

Sex

Male

59.1

25.7

15.2

68.1

20.6

11.3

87.4

12.1

0.5

32.4

39.4

28.3

17.1

30,479

Female

53.4

28.6

18.0

51.9

32.4

15.7

77.2

21.4

1.4

42.5

40.8

16.7

19.5

35,083

Education in years

No schooling

59.9

26.6

13.5

49.3

33.8

17.0

72.8

25.4

1.8

46.5

38.3

15.2

21.1

30,822

< 5 years

52.5

29.6

17.9

55.9

28.4

15.7

84.9

14.7

0.5

35.2

39.6

25.2

20.7

7477

5-9 years

53.4

28.0

18.6

68.1

21.4

10.5

91.6

8.3

0.1

31.3

43.3

25.4

17.4

14,861

10 or more years

50.1

26.9

23.0

80.1

13.3

6.6

94.2

5.8

0.0

22.2

42.2

35.6

10.5

12,402

Caste

ST

72.9

19.8

7.3

61.9

27.2

10.9

74.3

24.9

0.9

36.9

40.7

22.4

13.4

11,365

SC

59.7

27.0

13.3

56.3

29.0

14.7

78.4

20.4

1.2

42.2

39.1

18.7

20.9

10,959

OBC

54.7

27.2

18.1

58.8

27.9

13.4

82.9

16.1

1.1

37.5

40.7

21.8

19.3

24,629

NOA

50.1

30.0

19.9

61.7

24.0

14.3

85.1

14.2

0.8

35.7

39.8

24.6

16.7

18,609

Wealth quintile

Poorest

64.0

25.6

10.4

57.1

28.2

14.7

79.0

19.6

1.4

45.2

38.6

16.3

19.0

12,941

Poorest

58.6

27.9

13.5

57.1

29.3

13.6

81.2

17.8

1.1

41.1

39.7

19.3

18.2

13,190

Middle

57.2

26.9

15.9

60.7

25.4

13.8

82.7

16.3

1.1

37.1

40.9

22.0

17.9

13,163

Rich

52.5

28.4

19.2

58.9

28.4

12.7

84.3

15.0

0.7

33.6

42.1

24.3

18.4

13,210

Richest

46.1

27.8

26.2

63.5

23.2

13.2

82.6

16.8

0.6

31.0

39.6

29.3

18.7

13,058

Work Status

Currently working

63.7

24.5

11.8

68.1

23.7

8.2

84.9

14.4

0.7

32.0

40.1

27.9

14.1

32,279

Worked in Past

46.8

31.5

21.8

45.6

31.6

22.8

76.3

21.9

1.8

42.3

37.9

19.8

26.5

15,297

Never worked

49.8

28.8

21.4

55.3

29.1

15.6

80.9

18.2

0.9

44.9

42.3

12.8

19.5

17,986

Marital Status

Currently married

57.6

26.7

15.7

64.7

24.3

11.1

85.5

13.9

0.6

34.6

40.9

24.5

16.2

48,769

Widowed

49.8

29.7

20.5

42.7

35.6

21.8

69.8

28.0

2.2

47.3

38.1

14.7

24.7

14,592

Divorced/Separated/Others

66.4

22.5

11.1

61.7

26.0

12.3

84.6

14.5

1.0

43.7

37.8

18.5

22.7

2201

Religion

Hindu

57.1

27.0

15.8

59.8

26.8

13.4

82.2

16.9

1.0

38.2

40.3

21.6

17.8

48,099

Muslim

48.3

29.1

22.6

55.8

28.3

16.0

80.9

18.0

1.2

40.3

37.6

22.2

21.7

7803

Christian

59.5

21.8

18.7

64.8

24.2

11.0

80.0

19.3

0.6

25.8

45.2

29.0

24.4

6536

Others

51.4

31.9

16.6

56.4

29.4

14.2

80.6

18.8

0.6

33.4

41.3

25.3

16.5

3124

Region

East

58.0

26.3

15.6

55.5

26.9

17.7

80.6

18.3

1.0

39.4

45.1

15.5

19.1

11,580

North East

62.3

28.4

9.3

69.5

22.6

8.0

83.8

15.3

0.9

23.3

36.2

40.6

13.3

8513

West

51.4

29.8

18.8

56.7

25.5

17.8

82.2

16.6

1.2

28.1

38.5

33.4

12.0

8894

Central

68.6

22.3

9.1

63.6

25.2

11.3

77.0

21.8

1.3

40.3

39.2

20.4

18.6

8907

North

52.5

31.0

16.6

67.9

23.7

8.4

83.0

16.3

0.7

45.1

38.1

16.8

17.4

11,966

South

47.2

28.7

24.1

55.4

32.1

12.5

86.2

13.1

0.7

39.3

38.9

21.8

23.3

15,702

Living arrangement

Alone

49.2

32.8

18.1

42.4

37.3

20.3

69.2

27.7

3.1

47.6

36.8

15.6

30.6

2313

Spouse &/or others

52.8

27.8

19.4

58.8

27.0

14.3

83.4

15.7

0.9

40.6

39.5

20.0

19.7

10,358

Spouse & children

59.0

26.3

14.7

66.5

23.4

10.1

86.1

13.4

0.5

32.8

41.3

25.8

15.3

37,519

Children & others

50.7

28.8

20.5

44.7

34.7

20.6

72.2

26.1

1.7

45.9

39.0

15.1

22.7

12,441

Others only

59.1

26.4

14.5

50.4

29.8

19.8

73.6

24.1

2.3

48.6

35.7

15.7

24.5

2931

Tobacco use

Never

53.1

28.0

18.9

59.1

27.2

13.7

82.7

16.4

0.9

39.5

40.2

20.2

18.0

41,140

Current user

63.3

25.1

11.7

61.3

26.3

12.4

81.1

18.0

0.9

35.3

40.1

24.6

17.8

20,203

Used in Past

46.1

32.5

21.5

49.1

29.8

21.1

77.7

19.8

2.4

32.8

40.1

27.0

28.6

3642

Alcohol

No

54.7

27.8

17.5

58.1

27.6

14.3

81.7

17.3

1.0

38.9

40.2

20.9

18.5

53,290

Yes

63.3

24.2

12.5

66.0

24.2

9.8

82.9

16.1

1.0

32.1

39.9

28.0

17.9

11,718

Physical activity

Active

59.1

26.0

14.9

63.2

27.0

9.8

83.8

15.4

0.8

32.5

42.3

25.2

14.6

40,134

Inactive

50.7

29.4

19.8

52.7

27.1

20.2

78.3

20.3

1.4

47.0

36.5

16.5

25.1

24,870

Life Satisfaction

Completely satisfied

54.3

28.7

17.0

71.1

19.9

9.0

89.0

10.6

0.5

30.1

40.4

29.5

13.0

8993

Very satisfied

58.3

25.1

16.6

65.4

24.6

10.1

86.6

13.1

0.3

33.4

42.3

24.3

10.3

23,553

Somewhat satisfied

56.4

27.9

15.8

56.7

30.0

13.4

81.1

18.0

0.9

40.7

39.9

19.4

19.8

25,958

Not very satisfied

51.4

29.1

19.6

43.0

32.9

24.2

64.8

31.9

3.4

44.5

38.1

17.5

40.9

4976

Not at all satisfied

51.1

29.0

20.0

37.9

29.0

33.0

49.3

44.8

6.0

50.4

34.4

15.3

55.1

1379

  1. Note: a Multi-morbidities considered are hypertension, chronic heart diseases, any chronic lung disease, diabetes, any bone/joint disease, and cancer,
  2. b Functional health limitations include 1 + ADL and 1 + IADL, c Mental health conditions included are poor cognitive health and depressive symptoms