Table 2 Multinomial regression analysis of multimorbidity among sociodemographic variable among older adults in India

Age group

 60–64®

  65–69

1.08**

(1 1.2)

(1.1 1.3)

  70–74

1.33***

(1.2 1.4)

(1.2 1.4)

  75–79

1.32***

(1.2 1.5)

(1.2 1.4)

  80 + 

1.21***

(1.1 1.3)

(1.1 1.3)

Sex

 Male®

 Female

1.24***

(1.2 1.3)

(1.3 1.6)

Place of residence

 Rural®

 Urban

1.34***

(1.2 1.4)

(1.6 1.9)

Education

 Illiterate®

 Primary

1.21***

(1.1 1.3)

(1.5 1.7)

 Secondary

1.1*

(1 1.2)

(1.6 1.9)

 Higher

1.33***

(1.1 1.6)

(1.2 1.8)

Marital Status

 Currently married

 Others

0.96

(0.9 1)

(0.8 1)

Religion

 Hindu®

 Muslim

1.19***

(1.1 1.3)

(1.3 1.6)

 Others

1.03

(0.9 1.2)

(1.1 1.4)

Social group

 SC/ST®

 OBC

1.04

(1 1.1)

(1 1.2)

 Others

1.14***

(1 1.2)

(1.1 1.3)

Wealth Index

 Poorest

 Poorer

1.12***

(1 1.2)

(1.2 1.4)

 Middle

1.19***

(1.1 1.3)

(1.3 1.5)

 Richer

1.36***

(1.2 1.5)

(1.7 2.1)

 Richest

1.43***

(1.3 1.6)

(2.3 2.8)

Region

 North-East®

 Central

0.71***

(0.6 0.8)

(0.6 0.9)

 East

0.81**

(0.7 1)

(1.1 1.5)

 North

0.99

(0.8 1.2)

(1.1 1.6)

 West

1.08

(0.9 1.3)

(1.4 2.1)

 South

1.1

(0.9 1.3)

(1.5 2.2)

Tobacco/Smoke

 No®

 Yes

1.05

(1 1.1)

(0.9 1)

Alcohol

 No®

 Yes

1

(0.9 1.1)

(0.8 1)

Physical activity

 None®

 Moderate

1.03

(1 1.1)

(0.8 0.9)

 Vigorous

0.86**

(0.8 1)

(0.5 0.6)

 Moderate Vigorous

0.83***

(0.8 0.9)

(0.5 0.6)

Ill-treatment

 No®

 Yes

1.26***

(1.1 1.4)

(1.3 1.7)

Satisfaction with current living arrangement

 Strongly satisfied®

 Satisfied

1.06*

(1 1.1)

(1.1 1.3)

 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

1.07

(1 1.2)

(1.3 1.5)

 Dissatisfied

1.37***

(1.2 1.6)

(1.9 2.6)

 Strongly dissatisfied

1.52**

(1.1 2.1)

(2.2 4)