Table 1 Absolute (N) and percentage (%) distribution of older adults in India by individual-level, household-level and community-level characteristics during 2005.
From: Risk factors and clustering of mortality among older adults in the India Human Development Survey
Characteristics | Older adults (60 + years) in round-I | |
|---|---|---|
N | Col_% | |
Individual-level characteristics | ||
Age-group (in years) | ||
60–69 | 10,343 | 61.0 |
70–79 | 4912 | 29.0 |
80 and above | 1709 | 10.1 |
Gender | ||
Female | 8504 | 50.1 |
Male | 8460 | 49.9 |
Cardiovascular diseases | ||
No | 16,617 | 98.0 |
Yes | 347 | 2.0 |
Hypertension | ||
No | 15,862 | 93.5 |
Yes | 1102 | 6.5 |
Diabetes | ||
No | 16,346 | 96.4 |
Yes | 618 | 3.6 |
Respiratory illnesses | ||
No | 16,343 | 96.3 |
Yes | 621 | 3.7 |
Other chronic illnesses | ||
No | 15,974 | 94.2 |
Yes | 990 | 5.8 |
Activities of daily living | ||
No disability | 15,056 | 88.8 |
Has disability | 1908 | 11.2 |
Smokes tobacco | ||
No | 13,827 | 81.5 |
Yes | 3137 | 18.5 |
Drinks alcohol | ||
No | 15,755 | 92.9 |
Yes | 1209 | 7.1 |
Marital status | ||
Currently married | 10,645 | 62.8 |
Widowed | 6102 | 36.0 |
Currently not married | 217 | 1.3 |
Level of education | ||
More than 10 years of schooling | 1274 | 7.5 |
6–10 years of schooling | 2533 | 14.9 |
Less than 5 years of schooling | 2939 | 17.3 |
No formal schooling | 10,218 | 60.2 |
Working status | ||
Working | 6779 | 40.0 |
Not working | 10,185 | 60.0 |
Participates in social groups | ||
Yes | 5981 | 35.3 |
No | 10,983 | 64.7 |
Headship status | ||
Household head | 8103 | 47.8 |
Not household head | 8861 | 52.2 |
Family-level characteristics | ||
Family structure | ||
Single generation | 1834 | 10.8 |
Nuclear | 1870 | 11.0 |
Joint/extended | 13,260 | 78.2 |
Number of children in household | ||
Three and more | 4553 | 26.8 |
Two | 3412 | 20.1 |
One | 2979 | 17.6 |
None | 6020 | 35.5 |
Household wealth quintile | ||
Richest | 4578 | 27.0 |
Rich | 3644 | 21.5 |
Middle | 3323 | 19.6 |
Poor | 2818 | 16.6 |
Poorest | 2601 | 15.3 |
Household poverty | ||
Not below poverty line | 13,507 | 79.6 |
Below poverty line | 3457 | 20.4 |
Caste of household head | ||
Others | 6079 | 35.8 |
Other backward classes | 6792 | 40.0 |
Scheduled castes | 3030 | 17.9 |
Scheduled tribes | 1063 | 6.3 |
Religion of household head | ||
Hinduism | 13,899 | 81.9 |
Islam | 1648 | 9.7 |
Others | 1417 | 8.4 |
Community-level characteristics | ||
Education level of community | ||
Low | 5506 | 32.5 |
Medium | 6354 | 37.5 |
High | 5104 | 30.1 |
Poverty status of community | ||
Low | 5380 | 31.7 |
Medium | 5977 | 35.2 |
High | 5607 | 33.1 |
Social standard of community | ||
High | 5671 | 33.4 |
Medium | 5874 | 34.6 |
Low | 5419 | 31.9 |
Type of community | ||
Urban | 4841 | 28.5 |
Rural | 12,123 | 71.5 |
Geographical region | ||
Southern | 4038 | 23.8 |
Western | 2495 | 14.7 |
Eastern | 2528 | 14.9 |
Central | 1728 | 10.2 |
North Eastern | 509 | 3.0 |
Northern | 5666 | 33.4 |
Overall | 16,964 | 100.0 |
