Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of older people aged 60 and above years, India, LASI, (2017-18).

Characteristics	Sample (n)	(%)
Age group
60–64 Years	9407	29.9
65–69 Years	9003	28.6
70–74 Years	5898	18.8
75 + Years	7156	22.7
Sex
Male	14,931	47.5
Female	16,533	52.5
Place of residence
Rural	22,196	70.5
Urban	9268	29.5
Level of education
Illiterate (0 year)	17,782	56.5
Less than 5 years	5507	17.5
5–9 years completed	3705	11.8
10 years or more	4469	14.2
Marital Status
Currently married	19,391	61.6
Widowed	11,389	36.2
Others	684	2.2
Region
North	3960	12.6
Central	5642	17.9
East	6802	21.6
North-east	334	1.1
West	5997	19.1
South	8730	27.8
Caste
Scheduled Caste	5947	18.9
Scheduled Tribe	2555	8.1
Other Backward Classes	14,227	45.3
Others	8678	27.6
Living arrangements
Living alone	1787	5.7
Living with spouse	19,176	60.9
Living with other but not spouse	10,501	33.4
Work Status
Currently working	9679	30.8
Ever worked but not working currently	13,469	42.8
Never Worked	8308	26.4
MPCE wealth quintile
Poorest	6829	21.7
Poorer	6831	21.7
Middle	6590	21.0
Richer	6038	19.2
Richest	5175	16.5
Multimorbidity
No morbidity	14,626	46.6
One morbidity	9202	29.3
2 + morbidity	7545	24.1
Falls
No fall	26,235	83.4
Minor fall	1245	4.0
Major fall	3984	12.7
Injuries
No injury	27,212	86.5
Injury	4251	13.5
Factors of HRQOL
Self-care Health (ADL)
No	2647	8.5
Yes	28,689	91.5
Mobility
No	20,459	65.3
Yes	10,877	34.7
Activities (IADL)
No	6984	22.3
Yes	24,311	77.7
Pain
No	18,942	60.4
Yes	12,413	39.6
Depression CES
No	21,211	69.8
Yes	9178	30.2
Quality of Life (QoL) (0- 0.79)
Low QoL	12,003	39.6
Medium QoL	9192	30.3
High QoL	9145	30.1
Total	N = 31,464	100.0

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