Table 2 Prevalence of inactive, active, and productive ageing by background characteristics
From: Active and productive ageing in India: evidence from the time use pattern of ageing adults
Variables | Prevalence of inactive, active, and productive ageing (W%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inactive ageing | P value | Active ageing | P Value | Productive ageing | P value | |
Experience of previous day | ||||||
 Normal | 57.1 | 0.55 | 29.4 | 0.93 | 13.5 | 0.12 |
 Unusually stressful | 64.9 | 28.2 | 6.9 | |||
 Unusually good day | 59.7 | 35.5 | 4.8 | |||
Type of last day | ||||||
 Weekday | 56.0 | < 0.01 | 29.8 | < 0.01 | 14.2 | < 0.01 |
 Weekend | 55.4 | 33.5 | 11.1 | |||
 Holiday | 67.5 | 24.3 | 8.2 | |||
Sleep quality of last day | ||||||
 Good | 56.3 | < 0.01 | 30.8 | < 0.01 | 12.9 | < 0.05 |
 Poor | 61 | 25.9 | 13.1 | |||
Was yesterday painful | ||||||
 No | 56.7 | < 0.01 | 30.1 | < 0.05 | 13.2 | < 0.05 |
 Yes | 68.3 | 22.6 | 9.1 | |||
Self-rated health (SRH) | ||||||
 Good | 54.1 | < 0.01 | 31.7 | < 0.01 | 14.2 | < 0.01 |
 Poor | 72.8 | 19.8 | 7.4 | |||
Activities of Daily Living (ADL) | ||||||
 High | 54.8 | < 0.01 | 31.5 | < 0.01 | 13.7 | < 0.01 |
 Low | 71.7 | 19.5 | 8.8 | |||
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) | ||||||
 High | 52.1 | < 0.01 | 31.9 | < 0.01 | 16 | < 0.01 |
 Low | 67.1 | 25.3 | 7.6 | |||
Morbidity | ||||||
 None | 52 | < 0.01 | 32 | < 0.01 | 16 | < 0.01 |
 One disease | 60.3 | 28.9 | 10.8 | |||
 Multimorbidity | 70.3 | 23.2 | 6.5 | |||
Age | ||||||
 45–59 years | 46.5 | < 0.01 | 34.4 | < 0.01 | 19.1 | < 0.01 |
 60–69 years | 62 | 29.4 | 8.6 | |||
 70 and above years | 79.5 | 17.3 | 3.2 | |||
Gender | ||||||
 Female | 62.7 | < 0.01 | 29.7 | 0.81 | 7.6 | < 0.01 |
 Male | 51.3 | 29.4 | 19.3 | |||
Education | ||||||
 No schooling | 58.3 | 0.35 | 30.2 | < 0.01 | 11.5 | < 0.01 |
 Up to 5 years | 58.9 | 26.5 | 14.6 | |||
 6–10 years | 58.4 | 28 | 13.6 | |||
 More than 10 years | 48.9 | 35.3 | 15.8 | |||
Social class | ||||||
 Scheduled Tribes (ST) | 49.4 | < 0.01 | 38.1 | < 0.01 | 12.5 | < 0.01 |
 Scheduled Castes (SC) | 58.9 | 25.7 | 15.4 | |||
 Other Backward Class (OBC) | 55.2 | 31.8 | 13 | |||
 Others | 63.1 | 25.6 | 11.3 | |||
Household economic background | ||||||
 Poorest | 57.7 | < 0.05 | 32.3 | 0.7 | 10 | 0.09 |
 Poorer | 55.9 | 30.4 | 13.7 | |||
 Middle | 58.5 | 26 | 15.5 | |||
 Richer | 54.5 | 31.2 | 14.3 | |||
 Richest | 61.1 | 27.8 | 11.1 | |||
Living arrangement | ||||||
 Alone | 63.1 | < 0.01 | 20.1 | < 0.01 | 16.8 | < 0.01 |
 With spouse and others | 53.9 | 32.1 | 14 | |||
 With others | 67.9 | 22.9 | 9.2 | |||
Marital status | ||||||
 In a union | 54.1 | < 0.01 | 32 | < 0.01 | 13.9 | < 0.01 |
 Not in a union | 67.5 | 22.5 | 10 | |||
Residence type | ||||||
 Urban | 61.3 | < 0.01 | 22.5 | < 0.01 | 16.2 | < 0.01 |
 Rural | 55.9 | 32.5 | 11.6 | |||
Ever consume alcohol | ||||||
 No | 58.6 | < 0.01 | 29.1 | < 0.01 | 12.3 | < 0.01 |
 Yes | 51.1 | 32.6 | 16.3 | |||
Ever smoke | ||||||
 No | 59.9 | < 0.01 | 28.3 | < 0.01 | 11.8 | < 0.01 |
 Yes | 53.4 | 31.8 | 14.8 | |||
Physical activity engagement | ||||||
 No | 70.5 | < 0.01 | 21.2 | < 0.01 | 8.3 | < 0.01 |
 Yes | 39.9 | 40.8 | 19.3 | |||
Depression | ||||||
 No | 57.8 | 0.11 | 29.8 | 0.28 | 12.4 | 0.36 |
 Yes | 56.5 | 29 | 14.5 | |||
Total | 57.5 | 29.6 | 12.9 | |||