Table 3.

Prevalence estimate of falls by background characteristics among older adults and elderly in India, 2017-2018

Background characteristics	Total	Male	Female	p value
Age (in years)				<0.001
45-54	16.99	15.79	17.94
55-64	20.31	17.64	22.52
65-74	22.5	18.68	26.01
75+	22.79	20.3	25.33
Educational attainment (in years)				<0.001
No	21.04	18.59	22.12
1-5	21.63	19.73	24
6-10	18.94	17.04	22.08
More than 10 years	13.25	13.38	12.95
Marital status				<0.001
Currently married	18.63	17.32	20.17
Widowed	24.32	19.4	25.55
Others	16.73	17.31	16.28
Living arrangement				<0.001
With spouse and children	18.39	17.17	19.9
With children and others	23.47	19.55	24.65
With spouse	18.97	18	19.97
Living alone	24.46	12.89	27.6
Working status				<0.001
Never worked	20.12	15.31	20.38
Earlier worked	22.11	18.59	25.92
Currently working	18.5	17.16	20.97
Self-rated health				<0.001
Good	18.06	15.91	19.96
Poor	28.34	26.04	30.02
ADL difficulty				<0.001
No	18.18	16.48	19.69
Yes	29.21	24.36	32.47
IADL difficulty				<0.001
No	17.08	16.09	18.19
Yes	24.87	21.56	26.57
Sleep Problem				<0.001
No	16.38	15.05	17.73
Rarely	22.68	20.34	24.28
Occasionally	26.97	23.75	28.84
Frequently	30.65	27.66	32.55
MPCE quintile				<0.001
Poorest	18.31	16.23	20.05
Poorer	19.88	19.08	20.57
Middle	20.08	17.82	22.02
Richer	19.82	17.56	21.73
Richest	21.38	16.76	25.43
Caste				<0.001
Others	20.52	17.36	23.25
OBC	18.92	16.61	20.9
SC	22.18	19.79	24.21
ST	17.46	17.79	17.18
Religion				<0.001
Hindu	19.9	17.78	21.72
Muslim	19.35	15.21	22.84
Others	20.06	18.14	21.53
Place of residence				<0.001
Urban	16.23	13.16	18.65
Rural	21.43	19.31	23.3
Region				<0.001
North	15.45	13.72	16.87
Central	19.91	17.34	22.4
East	26.99	24.31	29.44
Northeast	18.93	15.77	21.82
West	20.48	17.45	22.89
South	14.5	12.39	16.1
Total	19.85	17.52	21.83