Social relationships and subjective wellbeing of the older adults in India: the moderating role of gender

BMC Geriatrics

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the variables

Variables	Description		mean/ percentage	SD	N	range /categories
Health Indicators
Subjective Wellbeing (SWB)	Subjective well being		17.11	3.94	9,574	9–27
Chronic health conditions	number of chronic diseases		1.20	0.89	9852	0–6
Socio economic status (SES) and demographics	Age		68.00	7.20	9,852	60–120
	Gender	male	47.42		4,672	0 = male 1 = female
	Gender	female	52.58		5180	0 = male 1 = female
	Education	no formal schooling	46.27		4,533
		5 years of schooling	20.37		1,996
		6–10 years of schooling	24.87		2,437
		11 years and more	8.48		831
	Household wealth quintile	low income	39.89		3,928	0 = low income 1 = high income
	Household wealth quintile	high income	60.11		5,918	0 = low income 1 = high income
social participation			0.99	1.50		0–6
Intergenerational solidarity	Affectional		4.53	1.41	9,823	0–6
	Structural	Not living with an adult son	42.43		4,180	0 = Not living with an adult son 1 = living with adult son
	Structural	Living with adult son	57.57		5,671	0 = Not living with an adult son 1 = living with adult son
	Functional		4.19	1.89	9839	0–7
	Consensual		18.70	7.22	9,852	0–30

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