Active and productive ageing in India: evidence from the time use pattern of ageing adults

BMC Geriatrics

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of study variables

Variable	Sample distribution
Variable	Frequency	W%
Experience of the previous day
Normal	7364	93
Unusually stressful	234	3
Unusually good day	239	4
Type of last day
Weekday	5686	72.4
Weekend	1101	14.2
Holiday	1050	13.4
Sleep quality of last day
Good	5917	75.2
Poor	1920	24.8
Was yesterday painful
No	7358	93.3
Yes	479	6.7
Self-rated health (SRH)
Good	6532	82.2
Poor	1305	17.8
Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
High	6736	84.3
Low	1101	15.7
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)
High	5258	64
Low	2579	36
Morbidity
None	4207	55.1
One disease	2115	27.3
Multimorbidity	1515	17.6
Age
45–59 years	4187	52.2
60–69 years	2222	27.6
70 and above years	1428	20.2
Gender
Female	4224	54
Male	3613	46
Education
No schooling	3673	50.5
Up to 5 years	1477	19
6–10 years	1877	20.2
More than 10 years	810	10.3
Social class
Scheduled Tribes (ST)	1281	8.8
Scheduled Castes (SC)	1336	19.3
Other Backward Class (OBC)	3056	46.2
Others	2164	25.7
Household wealth background
Poorest	1581	21.9
Poorer	1567	20.9
Middle	1619	21.9
Richer	1561	18.6
Richest	1509	16.7
Living arrangement
Alone	255	3.2
With spouse and others	5755	73.3
With others	1827	23.5
Marital status
In a union	5908	74.6
Not in a union	1929	25.4
Residence type
Urban	2691	28.9
Rural	5146	71.1
Ever consume alcohol
No	6419	85.2
Yes	1418	14.8
Ever smoke
No	4951	61.9
Yes	2886	38.1
Physical activity
No	4683	57.4
Yes	3154	42.6
Depression
No	5854	72.4
Yes	1983	27.6
Total	7837	100

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