Table 2.

Prevalence of multimorbidity across socioeconomic characteristics by residence, LASI 2017–2018 (in %)

Characteristics	Rural	Urban	Total	Absolute difference (rural–urban)
Age
45–49	3.38	8.13	4.89	− 4.75
50–54	7.11	10.09	8.07	− 2.98
55–59	7.88	18.97	11.28	− 11.09
60–64	10.62	22.46	13.79	− 11.84
65–69	10.86	28.73	16.34	− 17.87
70+	12.60	28.57	17.09	− 15.97
Gender
Male	8.78	17.88	11.39	− 9.10
Female	8.77	19.87	12.23	− 11.10
Wealth quintiles
Poorest	5.13	12.43	7.44	− 7.30
Poorer	6.99	14.98	9.25	− 7.99
Middle	8.15	17.62	10.80	− 9.47
Richer	10.82	23.12	14.58	− 12.30
Richest	13.87	28.03	18.43	− 14.16
Caste
SC	7.38	15.95	9.07	− 8.57
ST	4.44	10.28	5.09	− 5.84
OBC	9.34	19.91	12.74	− 10.57
Others	11.09	19.62	14.52	− 8.53
Religion
Hindu	8.31	18.95	11.38	− 10.64
Muslim	10.47	19.55	13.98	− 9.08
Others	12.27	18.36	14.14	− 6.09
Marital status
Currently married	8.35	17.50	11.03	− 9.15
Widowed	10.39	24.67	14.87	− 14.28
Divorced/separated/deserted/others	6.43	11.02	8.3	− 4.59
Education
No schooling	7.36	15.36	8.77	− 8.00
< 5 years complete	10.03	21.41	13.03	− 11.38
5–9 years	10.16	20.72	14.05	− 10.56
> 10 years	13.20	20.17	17.42	− 6.97
Physical activity
Inactive	11.45	21.91	14.65	− 10.46
Only vigorous	7.16	16.50	9.72	− 9.34
Only moderate	9.19	19.06	12.74	− 9.87
Both moderate and vigorous	5.19	13.75	7.07	− 8.56
Living arrangement
Living alone	10.58	17.68	12.07	− 7.10
Living with spouse	9.87	23.67	13.34	− 13.80
Spouse and children	7.89	16.15	10.40	− 8.26
Children and others	10.14	25.03	15.24	− 14.89
Others only	8.32	12.81	9.81	− 4.49
Overweight/obesity
No	6.99	14.61	8.71	− 7.62
Yes	16.25	24.28	20.29	− 8.03
Region
North	10.57	17.05	12.53	− 6.48
Central	5.38	12.23	6.84	− 6.85
East	8.02	18.74	9.99	− 10.72
Northeast	6.37	13.03	7.58	− 6.66
West	10.49	18.48	13.85	− 7.99
South	12.25	23.54	17.16	− 11.29
Total	8.77	19.00	11.85	− 10.23