Table 1.

Weighted socio-demographic characteristics of the study population and prevalence of multimorbidity across various socio-demographic attributes.

Attributes	Categories	n (%)	Multimorbidity present n, % (95% CI)
Age group (years)	45–59	4,775 (51.20)	1,616, 33.83 (32.50–35.21)
	60–74	3,545 (38.01)	1,893, 53.41 (51.74–55.05)
	≥75	1,007 (10.79)	646, 64.14 (61.10–67.12)
Gender	Male	4,131 (44.29)	1,696, 41.06 (39.55–42.57)
	Female	5,196 (55.71)	2,458, 47.31 (45.94–48.67)
Caste	Scheduled caste	1,487 (16.13)	640, 43.07 (40.51–45.60)
	Scheduled tribe	370 (4.01)	141, 38.16 (33.14–43.27)
	Other backward class	4,561 (49.49)	1,975, 43.30 (41.86–44.75)
	Others	2,799 (30.37)	1,352, 48.30 (46.44–50.17)
Region	East	1,560 (16.73)	822, 52.68 (50.18–55.19)
	West	2,417 (25.91)	936, 38.73 (36.78–40.70)
	North	675 (7.24)	329, 48.71 (44.91–52.58)
	South	2,516 (26.97)	1,218, 48.42 (46.44–50.38)
	North east	186 (2.00)	74, 39.53 (32.70–47.20)
	Central	1,973 (21.15)	776, 39.34 (37.17–41.53)
Education	No formal education	3,789 (40.63)	1,720, 45.39 (43.80–47.00)
	Primary completed	2,585 (27.71)	1,252, 48.43 (46.49–50.38)
	Up to matriculation	1,987 (21.31)	831, 41.85 (39.64–44.03)
	Higher secondary and diploma	464 (4.98)	170, 36.54 (32.24–41.20)
	Graduate and above	501 (5.37)	181, 36.16 (31.91–40.51)
Working status	Never worked	2,943 (31.57)	1,584, 53.84 (52.00–55.64)
	Currently working	3,624 (38.87)	1,141, 31.48 (29.97–33.02)
	Currently not working	2,755 (29.56)	1,428, 51.84 (49.95–53.71)
Partner	With partner	6,614 (70.92)	2,795, 42.26 (41.07–43.47)
	Without partner	2,712 (29.08)	1,359, 50.12 (48.21–52.01)
MPCE quintiles	Poorer	4,831 (51.79)	2,002, 41.44 (40.05–42.85)
	Poorest	4,496 (48.21)	2,153, 47.88 (46.42–49.36)
Health insurance	Yes	1,498 (16.30)	760, 50.70 (48.17–53.30)
	No	7,691 (83.70)	3,333, 43.34 (42.23–44.45)