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. 2020 Mar 29;10(3):e034189. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034189

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and health characteristics of the overall sample

Covariate Unweighted sample
%*, (n)
Weighted sample, %*
Sex
Male 46.8 (349) 43.3
Female 53.2 (396) 56.7
Age group (years)
60–64 33.3 (248) 35.7
65–69 26.7 (199) 25.3
70–74 13.3 (99) 17.0
75–79 13.4 (100) 11.2
≥80 13.3 (99) 10.8
Ethnicity
Sinhalese 96.9 (722) 97.4
Other 3.1 (23) 2.6
Marital status
Married/cohabiting 61.3 (457) 59.6
Never-married/widowed/separated/divorced 38.7 (288) 40.4
Living arrangement
Children/other family 82.7 (616) 83.0
With spouse only 11.3 (84) 10.7
Alone 6.0 (45) 6.3
Social support
Poor (score 3–8) 4.3 (32) 4.3
Moderate (score 9–11) 16.6 (124) 16.7
Strong (score 12–14) 78.5 (585) 79.0
Missing 0.6 (4)
Education level
No formal education/ primary 28.7 (214) 28.7
Lower secondary 35.2 (262) 35.3
Upper secondary or above 36.1 (269) 36.0
Longest-held occupation
Never-employed/skill level 1 42.4 (316) 43.8
Skill level 2 39.3 (293) 38.5
Skill level 3 or 4 18.3 (136) 17.7
Perceived financial strain
Finding it difficult/very difficult 20.4 (152) 20.4
Just about getting by 54.5 (406) 55.0
Living comfortably 25.1 (187) 24.6
Multimorbidity
Yes 40.9 (305) 41.4
No 59.1 (440) 58.6
Self-perceived vision
Poor/fair 50.9 (379) 50.0
Good/very good/excellent 49.1 (366) 50.0
Self-perceived hearing
Poor/fair 34.0 (253) 32.8
Good/very good/excellent 66.0 (492) 67.2

*Column percentage.