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. 2016 Mar 8;16:64. doi: 10.1186/s12877-016-0235-0

Table 1.

The proportion of people who do not do individual Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) for reasons other than health or physical problems reported by gender, age, and health status

Phone N = 34 Money N = 408 Meal N = 553 Light housework N = 392 Shop N = 188 Heavy housework N = 1050
Gender
 Male (N = 6339) 17 (0.21 %) 244 (3.70 %) 439 (6.50 %) 341 (5.08 %) 142 (2.07 %) 614 (8.92 %)
 Female (N = 7540) 17 (0.19 %) 164 (2.05 %) 114 (1.34 %) 51 (0.58 %) 46 (0.52 %) 436 (5.24 %)
P-values 0.6121 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Age
 <65 (N = 2436) a 60 (2.54 %) 64 (2.46 %) 54 (2.25 %) 30 (1.23 %) 100 (3.70 %)
 ≥65 (N = 11443) 26 (0.18 %) 348 (2.84 %) 489 (3.90 %) 338 (2.68 %) 158 (1.22 %) 950 (7.51 %)
P-values 0.3589 0.1251 0.0002 0.0462 0.5629 <.0001
Perceived Health Status
 Excellent/Very Good/Good (N = 10219) 19 (0.14 %) 253 (2.31 %) 403 (3.57 %) 253 (2.22 %) 111 (0.93 %) 808 (7.11 %)
 Fair/Poor (N = 3660) 15 (0.35 %) 155 (4.24 %) 150 (3.97 %) 139 (3.77 %) 77 (2.09 %) 242 (6.29 %)
P-values 0.0196 <.0001 0.7264 <.0001 <.0001 0.0107

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