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. 2023 Jul 24;13:11973. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38229-z

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the study variables, India, LASI, 2017–2018.

Variables Distribution (%) N
Gender
 Male 47.45 14,930
 Female 52.55 16,533
Age
 60–69 58.51 18,409
 70–79 30.20 9501
 80+  11.29 3552
Residence
 Rural 70.55 22,196
 Urban 29.45 9267
Religion
 Hindu 82.22 25,870
 Muslim 11.28 3548
 Christian 2.86 900
 Others 3.64 1144
Caste
 SC 18.91 5948
 ST 8.12 2555
 OBC 45.23 14,230
 None 27.74 8728
Education
 No schooling 56.52 17,782
 Completed primary 22.62 7118
 Completed secondary 16.80 5285
 Completed diploma/college 4.06 1277
Marital status
 Currently married 61.63 19,391
 Widowed 36.20 11,388
 Divorced/separated 1.00 314
 Not married 1.17 369
MPCE quintile
 Poorest 21.70 6829
 Poorer 21.71 6831
 Middle 20.95 6590
 Richer 19.19 6038
 Richest 16.45 5175
Diabetics
 No 85.83 26,997
 Yes 14.17 4,458
Vision problem with cataract
 No 76.87 24,142
 Yes 23.13 7,262
Vision problem with glaucoma
 No 97.56 30,638
 Yes 2.44 766
Total 31,464