Table 1 MUST indicators by various background characteristics for respondents aged 45 years and above, LASI, Wave 1, 2017-19
From: Financial stress, health and malnourishment among older adults in India
Characteristics | MUST | N (unweighted) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
LRG | HRG 1 | HRG 2 | ||
Demographic characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 51.9 | 27.7 | 20.5 | 27,667 |
Female | 46.3 | 25.3 | 28.3 | 32,097 |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
45-49yrs | 50.3 | 20.5 | 29.2 | 12,049 |
50-59yrs | 49.5 | 20.9 | 29.6 | 19,148 |
60-69yrs | 47.7 | 28.4 | 23.9 | 17,421 |
70yrs+ | 48.3 | 37.2 | 14.5 | 11,146 |
Place of residence | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Rural | 50.6 | 31.7 | 17.7 | 39,116 |
Urban | 44.8 | 14.1 | 41.1 | 20,648 |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Hindu | 49.4 | 26.7 | 23.9 | 43,795 |
Islam | 46.4 | 25.4 | 28.3 | 7,104 |
Christian | 47.7 | 29.7 | 22.5 | 6,037 |
Others | 45.3 | 19.2 | 35.6 | 2,828 |
Caste | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Scheduled Caste | 48.5 | 32.8 | 18.7 | 10,049 |
Scheduled Tribe | 49.1 | 39.6 | 11.3 | 10,535 |
Other Backward Class | 49.4 | 24.7 | 25.9 | 22,521 |
None of them | 48.4 | 19.9 | 31.8 | 14,577 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No/ Less than Primary | 49.2 | 32.6 | 18.2 | 35,087 |
Primary Completed | 48.9 | 21.6 | 29.5 | 7,951 |
Middle Completed | 48.6 | 18.0 | 33.5 | 5,710 |
Secondary School/Matriculation | 51.3 | 12.4 | 36.3 | 5,306 |
Higher Secondary/Intermediate | 46.8 | 16.4 | 36.9 | 2,497 |
Higher education | 44.3 | 6.3 | 49.4 | 3,212 |
MPCE | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Poorest | 48.2 | 34.9 | 16.9 | 11,828 |
Poorer | 46.6 | 33.0 | 20.4 | 12,058 |
Middle | 51.7 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 12,064 |
Richer | 50.3 | 21.2 | 28.5 | 12,043 |
Richest | 47.5 | 16.6 | 36.0 | 11,771 |
Living arrangements | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Living alone | 48.0 | 33.4 | 18.6 | 2,127 |
Living with spouse and/or others | 50.0 | 26.3 | 23.7 | 9,137 |
Living with spouse and children | 49.7 | 23.3 | 27.0 | 34,702 |
Living with children and others | 46.8 | 31.0 | 22.2 | 11,328 |
Living with others only | 43.7 | 40.2 | 16.1 | 2,470 |
Financial security Work status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
not currently working-never worked | 44.6 | 21.7 | 33.7 | 16,380 |
ever worked but not currently working with pension | 53.0 | 14.5 | 32.5 | 1,916 |
ever worked but not currently working without pension | 45.4 | 34.4 | 20.2 | 13,841 |
working-agriculture | 54.4 | 31.4 | 14.2 | 14,747 |
working-business etc. | 48.4 | 17.1 | 34.5 | 5,359 |
working-salaried expecting pension | 46.5 | 13.1 | 40.4 | 1,348 |
working-salaried not expecting pension | 53.3 | 18.2 | 28.6 | 6,115 |
Mental/ Physical health Diagnosed with chronic disease | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 52.3 | 30.0 | 17.7 | 31,941 |
Yes | 44.9 | 22.2 | 32.9 | 27,823 |
Cognition | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Low | 44.5 | 44.2 | 11.3 | 3,352 |
Below average | 47.9 | 37.2 | 14.9 | 8,838 |
Average | 50.0 | 24.1 | 25.9 | 26,837 |
Above average | 49.5 | 13.2 | 37.3 | 14,467 |
Episodic depression | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No major symptoms | 49.0 | 26.4 | 24.6 | 55,377 |
Major symptoms | 46.8 | 26.2 | 27.0 | 4,387 |
Life satisfaction Index | Â | Â | Â | Â |
0 | 48.5 | 30.8 | 20.7 | 3,886 |
1 | 45.3 | 36.0 | 18.7 | 1,682 |
2 | 47.4 | 32.8 | 19.8 | 2,626 |
3 | 46.6 | 28.0 | 25.4 | 2,195 |
4 | 41.9 | 33.0 | 25.1 | 2,835 |
5 | 47.9 | 32.9 | 19.2 | 4,494 |
6 | 47.5 | 29.0 | 23.6 | 4,252 |
7 | 49.5 | 28.7 | 21.9 | 3,659 |
8 | 49.0 | 27.0 | 24.0 | 6,642 |
9 | 50.1 | 23.0 | 26.9 | 5,214 |
10 | 50.3 | 21.4 | 28.2 | 21,839 |
Total | 48.9 | 26.4 | 24.7 | 59,764 |