Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the unweighted and weighted study samples
| Covariate | Unweighted sample, N (%) | Weighted sample (%) | ||||
| All n=746 |
Men n=349 (46.8 %) |
Women n=397 (53.2 %) |
All | Men (43.3 %) |
Women (56.7%) | |
| Age category (years) | ||||||
| 60–64 | 248 (33.2) | 100 (28.7) | 148 (37.3) | 35.7 | 37.4 | 34.3 |
| 65–69 | 199 (26.7) | 99 (28.4) | 100 (25.2) | 25.3 | 25.5 | 25.2 |
| 70–74 | 100 (13.4) | 50 (14.3) | 50 (12.6) | 17.0 | 17.2 | 16.8 |
| 75–79 | 100 (13.4) | 50 (14.3) | 50 (12.6) | 11.2 | 10.2 | 11.9 |
| ≥80 | 99 (13.3) | 50 (14.3) | 49 (12.3) | 10.8 | 9.7 | 11.8 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Sinhalese | 723 (96.9) | 338 (96.9) | 385 (97.0) | 97.4 | 97.3 | 97.5 |
| Other | 23 (3.1) | 11 (3.1) | 12 (3.0) | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married/widowed/ separated/divorced |
289 (38.7) | 45 (12.9) | 244 (61.5) | 40.4 | 11.3 | 62.6 |
| Married/cohabiting | 457 (61.3) | 304 (87.1) | 153 (38.5) | 59.6 | 88.7 | 37.4 |
| Living arrangement | ||||||
| Children/other family | 617 (82.7) | 284 (81.4) | 333 (83.9) | 83.0 | 82.1 | 83.6 |
| With spouse only | 84 (11.3) | 54 (15.5) | 30 (7.6) | 10.7 | 15.1 | 7.4 |
| Alone | 45 (6.0) | 11 (3.1) | 34 (8.5) | 6.3 | 2.8 | 9.0 |
| Education level | ||||||
| No formal education/primary | 214 (28.7) | 87 (24.9) | 127 (32.0) | 28.6 | 23.3 | 32.7 |
| Lower secondary | 262 (35.1) | 129 (37.0) | 133 (33.5) | 35.2 | 37.6 | 33.3 |
| Upper secondary/post-secondary non-tertiary/tertiary | 270 (36.2) | 133 (38.1) | 137 (34.5) | 36.2 | 39.1 | 34.0 |
| Longest-held occupation | ||||||
| Never employed/skill level 1 | 316 (42.3) | 83 (23.8) | 233 (58.7) | 43.7 | 24.7 | 58.2 |
| Skill level 2 | 293 (39.3) | 188 (53.9) | 105 (26.4) | 38.5 | 53.1 | 27.3 |
| Skill level 3/4 | 137 (18.4) | 78 (22.3) | 59 (14.9) | 17.8 | 22.2 | 14.5 |
| Perceived financial strain | ||||||
| Finding it difficult/very difficult | 152 (20.4) | 68 (19.5) | 84 (21.2) | 20.3 | 18.9 | 21.4 |
| Just about getting by | 406 (54.4) | 191 (54.7) | 215 (54.1) | 55.0 | 56.8 | 53.6 |
| Living comfortably | 188 (25.2) | 90 (25.8) | 98 (24.7) | 24.7 | 24.3 | 25.0 |