Table 2.
Percentage of older adults with cognitive impairment by background characteristics among older adults in India
| Variables | Percentage | p < 0.05 |
|---|---|---|
| Self-perceived income sufficiency | * | |
| Has income and fully sufficient | 43.5 | |
| Has income and partially sufficient | 65.6 | |
| Has income and not sufficient | 71.1 | |
| No income | 63.8 | |
| Working status (last one year) | * | |
| Never worked | 66.0 | |
| Currently working | 53.0 | |
| Retired | 32.8 | |
| Educational status | * | |
| No education | 70.6 | |
| Below 5 years | 63.6 | |
| 6 to 10 years | 40.8 | |
| 11+ years | 31.0 | |
| Marital status | * | |
| Not in union | 68.9 | |
| Currently in union | 54.2 | |
| Asset ownership | * | |
| No | 71.6 | |
| Yes | 57.5 | |
| Age group (in years) | * | |
| 60–69 | 53.1 | |
| 70–79 | 68.2 | |
| 80+ | 78.5 | |
| Sex | * | |
| Men | 53.0 | |
| Women | 66.3 | |
| Co-residing with children | * | |
| No | 57.8 | |
| Yes | 60.9 | |
| Self-rated health | * | |
| Good | 48.9 | |
| Poor | 69.0 | |
| IADL | * | |
| High | 49.6 | |
| Low | 68.0 | |
| ADL | * | |
| High | 58.0 | |
| Low | 84.7 | |
| Subjective well-being | * | |
| High | 54.7 | |
| Low | 74.6 | |
| Psychological health | * | |
| High | 55.0 | |
| Low | 76.5 | |
| Wealth status | * | |
| Poorest | 71.2 | |
| Poorer | 65.1 | |
| Middle | 60.1 | |
| Richer | 48.7 | |
| Richest | 48.7 | |
| Religion | * | |
| Hindu | 59.6 | |
| Muslims | 67.1 | |
| Sikh | 56.1 | |
| Others | 64.0 | |
| Caste | * | |
| Scheduled Caste | 66.2 | |
| Scheduled Tribe | 71.4 | |
| Other Backward Class | 56.5 | |
| Others | 58.3 | |
| Place of residence | * | |
| Rural | 63.0 | |
| Urban | 51.6 | |
| State | * | |
| Himachal Pradesh | 54.2 | |
| Punjab | 54.9 | |
| West Bengal | 81.9 | |
| Orissa | 69.3 | |
| Maharashtra | 55.0 | |
| Kerala | 66.3 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 40.7 | |
| Total | 60.0 |
*if p < 0.05; IADL: Instrumental activities of daily living; ADL: Activities of daily living