Table 1.
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.