Table 3.
Respondent Characteristics by Gender and Region
| North | South | Regional Difference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | F-statistic | p < |t| | ||
| Health | Underweight | 33.38% | 24.63%* | 22.57% | 18.27% | 0.97 | .331 |
| Normal | 54.16 | 52.33 | 61.24 | 54.61 | 0.74 | .396 | |
| Overweight | 9.81% | 15.12%* | 14.52% | 19.29% | 0.02 | .900 | |
| Obese | 2.65% | 7.92%* | 1.67% | 7.83%*** | 0.10 | .752 | |
| Cardiovascular condition | 52.15% | 53.48% | 50.78% | 56.07% | 0.45 | .508 | |
| Disability | 5.71% | 12.12%* | 16.32% | 18.59% | 0.87 | .356 | |
| Grip strength (kg) | 24.036 | 17.210*** | 28.460 | 19.043*** | 5.19* | .027 | |
| Some exercise | 17.71% | 9.65%** | 14.36% | 6.50%*** | 0.00 | .953 | |
| Frequent exercise | 28.84% | 11.28%*** | 29.90% | 16.19%*** | 0.59 | .448 | |
| CESD Score | 12.074 | 13.561** | 11.757 | 12.074* | 1.29 | .263 | |
| Demographics | Mean Age | 58.02 | 58.34 | 58.30 | 57.31 | 0.88 | .353 |
| Standard deviation for age | 11.56 | 12.55 | 9.56 | 10.3 | |||
| Number of children | 3.482 | 3.484 | 2.782 | 3.016 | 1.62 | .210 | |
| Scheduled Caste | 16.99% | 16.85% | 11.39% | 13.43% | 0.56 | .459 | |
| Scheduled Tribe | 25.12% | 24.48% | 5.42% | 4.35% | 0.01 | .927 | |
| OBC | 22.57% | 24.19% | 54.03% | 51.10% | 0.97 | .331 | |
| Urban residency | 20.09% | 25.00% | 29.27% | 32.34% | 0.23 | .635 | |
| Socioeconomic status | Middle Consumption | 28.90% | 30.39% | 33.87% | 33.60% | 0.24 | .624 |
| High Consumption | 22.74% | 23.08% | 42.18% | 37.70% | 1.89 | .176 | |
| Social activity index | 1.188 | 0.989* | 2.360 | 2.284 | 0.22 | .644 | |
| Working | 74.28% | 25.82%*** | 64.15% | 23.07%*** | 1.92 | .172 | |
Notes. CESD = Center of Epidemiologic Studies-Depression; OBC = other backward class.
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.