Table 2.
Percent distributions of sampled population by selected socio-economic co-variates, health conditions and risk behaviour
| Covariates | Percent | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Male | 49.4 | 153 |
| Female | 50.6 | 157 |
| Age of the respondents | ||
| 60–65 Years | 30.6 | 95 |
| 65–70 Years | 35.5 | 110 |
| 70–75 Years | 20.0 | 62 |
| 75 & Above | 13.9 | 43 |
| Marital Status | ||
| Currently married | 60.3 | 187 |
| Widowed/Divorced or Separated/Never married | 39.7 | 123 |
| Education status of respondents | ||
| No formal education | 60.3 | 187 |
| Less than primary | 27.7 | 86 |
| Primary school completed | 7.4 | 23 |
| Secondary school and above | 4.5 | 14 |
| Wealth quintile | ||
| Poorest | 19.7 | 61 |
| Poorer | 19.4 | 60 |
| Middle | 21.0 | 65 |
| Richer | 19.7 | 61 |
| Richest | 20.3 | 63 |
| Caste | ||
| General | 11.0 | 34 |
| Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 31.9 | 99 |
| Other Backward Caste | 57.1 | 177 |
| State of economic dependence | ||
| Not dependent | 42.3 | 131 |
| Fully dependent | 11.3 | 35 |
| Partially dependent | 46.5 | 144 |
| Living arrangements | ||
| Living alone | 7.7 | 24 |
| Living with spouse/Son/Daughter | 25.5 | 79 |
| Living with Spouse and unmarried son | 12.3 | 38 |
| Living with Spouse and married son | 54.5 | 169 |
| Morbidities | ||
| No morbidity | 10.3 | 32 |
| Having one morbidity | 32.9 | 102 |
| Having two morbidity | 26.8 | 83 |
| Having three or more morbidities | 30.0 | 93 |
| Risk Behaviours | ||
| Smoking (Yes) | 31.0 | 96 |
| Consuming Alcohol (Yes) | 4.19 | 13 |
| Consuming Tobacco (Yes) | 63.2 | 196 |
| Disability | ||
| Disabled | 29.4 | 91 |
| Not Disabled | 70.6 | 219 |
| Social support | ||
| Yes, keep in touch with relatives | 63.2 | 196 |
| No, Don’t keep in touch with relatives | 36.8 | 144 |
| Cognitive health | ||
| Poor | 49.7 | 154 |
| Average | 36.1 | 112 |
| Good | 14.2 | 44 |
| Functionally or Activities of daily living (ADL) | ||
| Functional | 76.8 | 238 |
| Not functional | 23.2 | 72 |
| N | 100 | 310 |