Table 2 Bivariate analysis of cognitive errors with psychiatric factors, life satisfaction and other background characteristics (Chi-squared test).

From: Late-life psychiatric factors and life satisfaction are associated with cognitive errors: evidence from an experimental module of a large-scale survey in India

Independent variable

Percentage (w%)

P value

Depression symptom

  

No

21.12

< 0.01

Yes

26.75

Cognitive impairment

  

No

21.72

< 0.01

Yes

30.00

Neurological condition

  

No

22.39

< 0.01

Yes

36.41

Age category

  

45–59 years

21.70

0.04

60–69 years

22.87

70 years

25.11

Gender

  

Male

21.70

0.02

Female

23.56

Educational attainment

  

No schooling

25.17

< 0.01

Up to 5 years

22.11

6–10 years

19.56

Above 10 years

20.30

Social class

  

Scheduled Tribe

18.37

< 0.01

Scheduled Caste

26.72

Other Backward Class

23.54

Others

19.62

Household economic status

  

Poorest

21.15

0.91

Poorer

22.71

Middle

23.33

Richer

23.25

Richest

23.02

Marital status

  

In a union

21.99

< 0.01

Not in a union

24.85

Social interaction

  

Yes

22.00

< 0.01

No

25.74

Place of residence

  

Rural

23.28

0.04

Urban

21.38

Self-reported health status

  

Good

21.97

0.24

Poor

26.25

Activities of Daily Living (ADL)

  

High

22.42

0.88

Low

24.13

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)

  

High

20.41

< 0.01

Low

26.92

Morbidity status

  

None

21.82

0.25

One disease

21.23

Multimorbidity

27.40

Hearing loss

  

No

22.54

0.30

Yes

24.51

Engagement in vigorous physical activity

  

No

23.72

< 0.01

Yes

21.27

Ever smoker

  

No

23.82

< 0.01

Yes

20.79

Ever consumed alcohol

  

No

22.54

0.17

Yes

23.38

Reading habit

  

Daily

18.36

< 0.01

Some times

22.14

Never

23.78

Total

22.67

  1. W%: weighted percentage, P value is based Chi-squared test.