Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the older adults, by gender, (N = 5969), LASI, 2017–18.
Background characteristics | Men | Women | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Individual factors | ||||||
Age (years) | ||||||
60–69 | 1755 | 61.3 | 1987 | 64.0 | 3742 | 62.7 |
70–79 | 859 | 30.0 | 855 | 27.5 | 1714 | 28.7 |
80+ | 251 | 8.8 | 262 | 8.4 | 513 | 8.6 |
Education level | ||||||
No education | 1018 | 35.5 | 2128 | 68.6 | 3146 | 52.7 |
Primary | 880 | 30.7 | 623 | 20.1 | 1503 | 25.2 |
Secondary | 651 | 22.7 | 251 | 8.1 | 902 | 15.1 |
Higher | 316 | 11.0 | 102 | 3.3 | 418 | 7.0 |
Marital status | ||||||
Currently married | 2335 | 81.5 | 1433 | 46.2 | 3768 | 63.1 |
Widowed | 458 | 16.0 | 1588 | 51.2 | 2046 | 34.3 |
Othersa | 72 | 2.5 | 83 | 2.7 | 155 | 2.6 |
Working status | ||||||
Never worked | 110 | 3.8 | 1482 | 47.7 | 1592 | 26.7 |
Currently working | 1299 | 45.3 | 624 | 20.1 | 1923 | 32.2 |
Not currently working | 1456 | 50.8 | 998 | 32.2 | 2454 | 41.1 |
Lifestyle factors | ||||||
Currently smoking or chewing tobacco | ||||||
No | 1554 | 54.2 | 2433 | 78.4 | 3987 | 66.8 |
Yes | 1311 | 45.8 | 671 | 21.6 | 1982 | 33.2 |
Drinking status | ||||||
Never | 1904 | 66.5 | 2972 | 95.7 | 4876 | 81.7 |
Infrequent non-heavy | 573 | 20.0 | 84 | 2.7 | 657 | 11.0 |
Frequent non-heavy | 195 | 6.8 | 22 | 0.7 | 217 | 3.6 |
Heavy episodic drinker | 193 | 6.7 | 26 | 0.8 | 219 | 3.7 |
Health factors | ||||||
Self-rated health | ||||||
Good | 2299 | 80.2 | 2423 | 78.1 | 4722 | 79.1 |
Poor | 566 | 19.8 | 681 | 21.9 | 1247 | 20.9 |
BMI categories | ||||||
Normal | 1599 | 55.8 | 1505 | 48.5 | 3104 | 52.0 |
Underweight | 692 | 24.2 | 716 | 23.1 | 1408 | 23.6 |
Overweight/Obese | 574 | 20.0 | 883 | 28.4 | 1457 | 24.4 |
Cognitive impairment | ||||||
No | 2673 | 93.3 | 2463 | 79.3 | 5136 | 86.0 |
Yes | 192 | 6.7 | 641 | 20.7 | 833 | 14.0 |
Have depression | ||||||
No | 2178 | 76.0 | 2230 | 71.8 | 4408 | 73.8 |
Yes | 687 | 24.0 | 874 | 28.2 | 1561 | 26.2 |
At least 1 limitation in ADLs | ||||||
No | 2410 | 84.1 | 2473 | 79.7 | 4883 | 81.8 |
Yes | 455 | 15.9 | 631 | 20.3 | 1086 | 18.2 |
At least 1 limitation in IADLs | ||||||
No | 1922 | 67.1 | 1548 | 49.9 | 3470 | 58.1 |
Yes | 943 | 32.9 | 1556 | 50.1 | 2499 | 41.9 |
Household factors | ||||||
MPCE quintile | ||||||
Poorest | 584 | 20.4 | 627 | 20.2 | 1211 | 20.3 |
Poorer | 606 | 21.2 | 655 | 21.1 | 1261 | 21.1 |
Middle | 534 | 18.6 | 645 | 20.8 | 1179 | 19.8 |
Richer | 569 | 19.9 | 608 | 19.6 | 1177 | 19.7 |
Richest | 572 | 20.0 | 569 | 18.3 | 1141 | 19.1 |
Place of residence | ||||||
Rural | 1882 | 65.7 | 2037 | 65.6 | 3919 | 65.7 |
Urban | 983 | 34.3 | 1067 | 34.4 | 2050 | 34.3 |
Religion | ||||||
Hindu | 2092 | 73.0 | 2271 | 73.2 | 4363 | 73.1 |
Muslim | 350 | 12.2 | 348 | 11.2 | 698 | 11.7 |
Christian | 284 | 9.9 | 345 | 11.1 | 629 | 10.5 |
Othersb | 139 | 4.9 | 140 | 4.5 | 279 | 4.7 |
Caste | ||||||
Scheduled caste | 475 | 16.6 | 508 | 16.4 | 983 | 16.5 |
Scheduled tribe | 490 | 17.1 | 521 | 16.8 | 1011 | 16.9 |
OBCc | 1115 | 38.9 | 1152 | 37.1 | 2267 | 38.0 |
Others | 785 | 27.4 | 923 | 29.7 | 1708 | 28.6 |
Regions | ||||||
North | 508 | 17.7 | 577 | 18.6 | 1085 | 18.2 |
Central | 396 | 13.8 | 373 | 12.0 | 769 | 12.9 |
East | 540 | 18.8 | 578 | 18.6 | 1118 | 18.7 |
Northeast | 357 | 12.5 | 401 | 12.9 | 758 | 12.7 |
West | 369 | 12.9 | 399 | 12.9 | 768 | 12.9 |
South | 695 | 24.3 | 776 | 25.0 | 1471 | 24.6 |
Total | 2865 | 100.0 | 3104 | 100.0 | 5969 | 100.0 |
