Table 1.
Socio-demographic and economic profile of older adults (n = 31,464), LASI, 2017–18
| Background characteristics | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | % | Sample | % | |
| Obese/overweighta | ||||
| No | 11,132 | 82.4 | 10,719 | 73.7 |
| Yes | 2,377 | 17.6 | 3,822 | 26.3 |
| High risk waist circumferencea | ||||
| No | 12,303 | 91.1 | 9,155 | 63.0 |
| Yes | 1,205 | 8.9 | 5,387 | 37.1 |
| High risk waist-Hip ratioa | ||||
| No | 3,318 | 24.6 | 3,146 | 21.6 |
| Yes | 10,184 | 75.4 | 11,402 | 78.4 |
| Age | ||||
| Young-old | 8,730 | 57.8 | 9,678 | 59.1 |
| Old-old | 4,702 | 31.1 | 4,803 | 29.4 |
| Oldest-old | 1,666 | 11.0 | 1,886 | 11.5 |
| Education | ||||
| No education/primary not completed | 8,018 | 53.1 | 13,314 | 81.4 |
| Primary completed | 2,235 | 14.8 | 1,297 | 7.9 |
| Secondary completed | 3,096 | 20.5 | 1,297 | 7.9 |
| Higher and above | 1,748 | 11.6 | 458 | 2.8 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Currently married | 12,242 | 81.1 | 7,211 | 44.1 |
| Widowed | 2,489 | 16.5 | 8,837 | 54.0 |
| Others | 366 | 2.4 | 318 | 2.0 |
| Work status | ||||
| Working | 6,613 | 43.8 | 3,108 | 19.0 |
| Not working/Retired | 7,907 | 52.4 | 5,593 | 34.2 |
| Never worked | 578 | 3.8 | 7,665 | 46.8 |
| MPCE quintile | ||||
| Poorest | 3,145 | 20.8 | 3,681 | 22.5 |
| Poorer | 3,219 | 21.3 | 3,611 | 22.1 |
| Middle | 3,262 | 21.6 | 3,331 | 20.4 |
| Richer | 2,902 | 19.2 | 3,136 | 19.2 |
| Richest | 2,570 | 17.0 | 2,607 | 15.9 |
| Religion | ||||
| Hindu | 12,386 | 82.0 | 13,484 | 82.4 |
| Muslim | 1,769 | 11.7 | 1,781 | 10.9 |
| Christian | 388 | 2.6 | 511 | 3.1 |
| Others | 555 | 3.7 | 590 | 3.6 |
| Caste | ||||
| Scheduled Caste | 2,836 | 18.8 | 3,113 | 19.0 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 1,166 | 7.7 | 1,389 | 8.5 |
| Other Backward Class | 6,925 | 45.9 | 7,308 | 44.7 |
| Others | 4,172 | 27.6 | 4,556 | 27.8 |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Rural | 10,879 | 72.1 | 11,322 | 69.2 |
| Urban | 4,219 | 28.0 | 5,044 | 30.8 |
| Region | ||||
| North | 1,863 | 12.3 | 2,096 | 12.8 |
| Central | 3,395 | 22.5 | 3,202 | 19.6 |
| East | 3,713 | 24.6 | 3,729 | 22.8 |
| Northeast | 437 | 2.9 | 497 | 3.0 |
| West | 2,457 | 16.3 | 2,941 | 18.0 |
| South | 3,233 | 21.4 | 3,900 | 23.8 |
| Total | 15,098 | 100.0 | 16,366 | 100.0 |
aThe sample may differ due to missing observations; MPCE Monthly per capita consumption expenditure