Table 1.

Characteristics of participants- overall and by average life satisfaction score

Characteristics	n (%)	Life satisfaction (Mean ± SD)	p-value
Overall	847	19.7 ± 5.3
Age, years
60–64	290 (34.2)	20.3 ± 4.8	< 0.001
65–69	283 (33.4)	20.1 ± 5.1
70 and above	274 (32.3)	18.7 ± 5.7
Sex
Male	469 (55.4)	19.7 ± 5.1	0.833
Female	378 (44.6)	19.8 ± 5.4
Marital status
Married	647 (76.4)	19.9 ± 5.2	0.114
1Without a partner	200 (23.6)	19.2 ± 5.3
Education status
No education	472 (55.7)	19.7 ± 5.5	0.008
Informal education	284 (33.5)	19.4 ± 4.6
Formal education	91 (10.7)	21.3 ± 5.6
Ethnicity
Dalit & minority	164 (19.4)	18.2 ± 5.5	< 0.001
Disadvantaged	554 (65.4)	20.1 ± 4.9
Upper caste groups	129 (15.2)	19.9 ± 6.0
Religion
Hindu	808 (95.4)	19.7 ± 5.2	0.591
Non-Hindu	39 (4.6)	20.2 ± 5.4
Occupation
Agriculture	167 (19.7)	20.2 ± 4.9	< 0.001
Business or job	95 (11.2)	20.5 ± 5.3
Retired and others	231 (27.3)	18.5 ± 4.6
Unemployed	354 (41.8)	20.1 ± 5.7
District
Morang	438 (51.7)	19.8 ± 5.6	0.786
Sunsari	409 (48.3)	19.7 ± 4.8
Family type
Single	155 (18.3)	20.3 ± 5.7	0.113
Joint	692 (81.7)	19.6 ± 5.2
Dependency on family for living
No	193 (22.8)	20.3 ± 6.0	0.076
Yes	653 (77.2)	19.6 ± 5.0
Dependency on family for daily activities
No	456 (53.8)	20.9 ± 5.7	< 0.001
Yes	391 (46.2)	18.4 ± 4.3
Depression
Normal	593 (70.0)	20.4 ± 4.8	< 0.001
Moderate	162 (19.1)	18.2 ± 5.8
Severe	92 (10.9)	18.4 ± 5.9
Anxiety
Normal	559 (66.0)	20.3 ± 4.8	< 0.001
Moderate	140 (16.5)	18.9 ± 6.9
Severe	148 (17.5)	18.3 ± 4.8
Stress
Normal	670 (79.1)	20.2 ± 5.0	< 0.001
Moderate	151 (17.8)	17.9 ± 5.7
Severe	26 ( 3.1)	19.5 ± 6.6

¹ Includes widowed, separated, and never married. Significant p-values are bolded