Table 1.
Sociodemographic and health characteristics of the community-dwelling elderly in South Lebanon in 2015 (n = 390)
| Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 76.1 (7.6) |
| Gender | |
| Women | 199 (51.0) |
| Men | 191 (49.0) |
| Residency | |
| Urban | 117 (30.0) |
| Rural | 273 (70.0) |
| Education level | |
| Illiterate | 197 (50.5) |
| Elementary and lower | 116 (29.8) |
| Intermediate and secondary | 46 (11.8) |
| University and higher | 31 (7.9) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 13 (3.3) |
| Married | 224 (57.4) |
| Divorced, widowed | 153 (39.3) |
| Current work | |
| Working | 57 (14.6) |
| Not working | 333 (85.4) |
| Financial perception | |
| Very poor and poor | 56 (14.4) |
| Fair | 189 (48.5) |
| Good | 112 (28.6) |
| Very good and excellent | 33 (8.5) |
| Quality of life | |
| Very poor and poor | 34 (8.7) |
| Fair | 189 (48.5) |
| Good and very good | 167 (42.8) |
| Self-rated health status | |
| Very poor and poor | 76 (19.5) |
| Fair | 178 (45.6) |
| Good | 113 (29.0) |
| Very good and excellent | 23 (5.9) |
| Morbidity | |
| Yes | 319 (81.8) |
| No | 71 (18.2) |
SD standard deviation