Table 2.
Prevalence of low and high cognition among older adults aged 45 and above by alcohol and tobacco consumption behaviour and background characteristics of the individuals, LASI, Wave1, 2017–2018.
| Background characteristics | None | Only tobacco | Only alcohol | Both | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | |
| Residence | ||||||||
| Rural | 12.85 | 10.95 | 12.74 | 10.78 | 13.6 | 15.73 | 10.56 | 13.12 |
| Urban | 4.62 | 26.53 | 6.62 | 20.47 | 1.31 | 33.08 | 4.18 | 26.79 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 3.41 | 29.67 | 5.06 | 18.06 | 5.15 | 25.12 | 7.48 | 17.04 |
| Female | 12.24 | 11.78 | 21.67 | 4.39 | 29.23 | 3.8 | 32.42 | 2.51 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 45–59 | 5.21 | 21.79 | 6.54 | 17.28 | 5.22 | 27.81 | 6.35 | 20.94 |
| 60 + | 15.11 | 10.79 | 15.53 | 9.09 | 15.92 | 12.13 | 12.17 | 10.92 |
| Living arrangement | ||||||||
| Living alone | 17.68 | 10.39 | 23.31 | 7.31 | 28.25 | 19.52 | 12.9 | 8.97 |
| Living with Spouse and other | 8.88 | 15.59 | 10.44 | 10.18 | 10.6 | 18.21 | 8.19 | 12.3 |
| Living with Spouse and Children | 5.87 | 20.92 | 7.21 | 16.06 | 5.52 | 24.95 | 7.71 | 19.14 |
| Living with Children and other | 18.01 | 8.58 | 21.63 | 6.48 | 26.11 | 3.28 | 18.3 | 5.65 |
| Living with other | 17.18 | 10.92 | 21.82 | 7.71 | 22.93 | 22.34 | 12.16 | 12.91 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Currently Married | 6.59 | 19.74 | 7.88 | 14.87 | 6.48 | 23.62 | 7.81 | 17.8 |
| Widowed | 19.35 | 7.48 | 23.41 | 5.59 | 27.56 | 4.16 | 19.74 | 5.77 |
| Other | 7.82 | 19.68 | 13.31 | 14.23 | 22.15 | 27.1 | 4.28 | 8.38 |
| Caste | ||||||||
| Scheduled Caste | 13.2 | 10.3 | 14.81 | 8.51 | 6.46 | 21.39 | 10.58 | 11.43 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 19.79 | 8.4 | 17.81 | 8.09 | 27.5 | 8.37 | 22.35 | 9.13 |
| Other Backward Class | 8.71 | 17.71 | 10.35 | 13.66 | 5.1 | 22.35 | 5.06 | 17.89 |
| None | 6.9 | 21.28 | 7.89 | 16.83 | 3.2 | 33.72 | 3.83 | 25.42 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Upto Primary | 3.4 | 14.62 | 3.76 | 15.09 | 2.17 | 18.77 | 3.8 | 13.25 |
| Secondary | 0.63 | 33.39 | 0.45 | 29.93 | 0.12 | 37.59 | 0.47 | 33.24 |
| Higher and Above | 0.31 | 54.50 | NA | 47.78 | NA | 50.38 | 0.13 | 48.44 |
| MPCE | ||||||||
| Poorest | 12.52 | 10.27 | 14.85 | 10.73 | 19.46 | 12.31 | 13.43 | 10.98 |
| Poor | 11.14 | 13.26 | 11.97 | 9.71 | 13.45 | 18.57 | 12.23 | 11.37 |
| Middle | 10.5 | 14.34 | 9.33 | 13.74 | 9.04 | 18.42 | 8.42 | 16.32 |
| Rich | 7.32 | 19.57 | 11.9 | 13.65 | 5.94 | 19.58 | 5.22 | 21.37 |
| Richest | 7.59 | 26.29 | 7.97 | 18.58 | 1.58 | 36.28 | 4.83 | 22.94 |
| Region | ||||||||
| North | 11.95 | 12.02 | 11.91 | 10.59 | 2.99 | 27.04 | 6.42 | 15.39 |
| East | 11.71 | 13.61 | 10.84 | 11.99 | 18.62 | 19.59 | 12.87 | 15.93 |
| North-east | 11.95 | 22.84 | 14.53 | 18.45 | 8.12 | 17.13 | 9.32 | 22.41 |
| South | 5.5 | 23.16 | 8.64 | 20.18 | 10.41 | 21.35 | 7.09 | 13.56 |
| Central | 7.94 | 19.51 | 15.19 | 11.07 | 8.68 | 13.78 | 9.33 | 17.54 |
| West | 11.28 | 15.48 | 11.53 | 11.18 | 9.95 | 21.34 | 8.57 | 16.87 |
| Total | 9.84 | 16.65 | 11.48 | 12.77 | 9.97 | 20.85 | 9.2 | 16.04 |