Table 1.
Participants' characteristics
| Background Factors | Total (N = 31,464) | |
|---|---|---|
| N | % | |
| Age (in years) | ||
| 60–69 | 18,410 | 58.51 |
| 70–79 | 9,501 | 30.20 |
| 80 + | 3,553 | 11.29 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 14,931 | 47.5 |
| Female | 16,533 | 52.6 |
| Educational status | ||
| No/primary | 23,289 | 74.02 |
| Secondary | 5,741 | 18.24 |
| Higher | 2,434 | 7.74 |
| Working status | ||
| Never | 8,315 | 26.43 |
| Not | 11,467 | 36.45 |
| Yes | 9,397 | 29.87 |
| Retired | 2,282 | 7.25 |
| Marital status | ||
| Currently married | 19,391 | 61.63 |
| Currently unmarried | 12,072 | 38.37 |
| Living arrangement | ||
| Co-residential living | 23,280 | 73.99 |
| Separate living | 8,184 | 26.01 |
| Social participation | ||
| Yes | 14,525 | 46.83 |
| No | 16,490 | 53.17 |
| Difficulty in BADL | ||
| No | 23,878 | 76.23 |
| Yes | 7,449 | 23.77 |
| Difficulty in IADL | ||
| No | 16,162 | 51.64 |
| Yes | 15,133 | 48.36 |
| Depression | ||
| No | 27,995 | 91.33 |
| Yes | 2,657 | 8.67 |
| MPCE quintile | ||
| Poorest | 6,829 | 21.70 |
| Poorer | 6,831 | 21.71 |
| Middle | 6,590 | 20.95 |
| Richer | 6,038 | 19.19 |
| Richest | 5,175 | 16.45 |
| Religion | ||
| Hindu | 25,871 | 82.20 |
| Muslim | 3,548 | 11.30 |
| Others | 2,045 | 6.50 |
| Caste | ||
| SC/ST | 8,505 | 27.10 |
| OBC | 14,231 | 45.20 |
| Others | 8,729 | 27.70 |
| Place of residence | ||
| Urban | 22,196 | 29.45 |
| Rural | 9,268 | 70.55 |
| Region | ||
| North | 3,960 | 12.59 |
| Central | 6,593 | 20.95 |
| East | 7,439 | 23.64 |
| Northeast | 935 | 2.97 |
| South | 7,136 | 22.68 |
| West | 5,401 | 17.17 |
BADL Basic activities of daily living, IADL Instrumental activities of daily living, MPCE Monthly per capita consumption expenditure, SC/ST Scheduled caste/Scheduled tribe, OBC Other backward class