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Table 1 Background characteristics of the study participants (N = 9181)

From: Feeling about living arrangements and associated health outcomes among older adults in India: a cross-sectional study

Background Variables

Sample

Percentage

Poor SRH

 No

4095

44.6

 Yes

5086

55.4

Low psychological health

 No

7027

76.5

 Yes

2154

23.5

Low subjective well-being

  

 No

6724

73.2

 Yes

2457

26.8

Low ADL

 No

8503

92.6

 Yes

678

7.4

Low IADL

  

 No

3998

43.6

 Yes

5183

56.5

Low cognitive ability

  

 No

3670

40.0

 Yes

5511

60.0

Age (in years)

  

 60–69

5815

63.3

 70–79

2437

26.5

 80+

929

10.1

Sex

 Men

4353

47.4

 Women

4828

52.6

Educational status (in years)

 None

4186

45.6

 Below 5 years

1886

20.5

 6 to 10 years

2310

25.2

 11+ years

799

8.7

Working status

 No

7076

77.1

 Yes

2105

22.9

Marital status

 Not in union

3724

40.6

 Currently in union

5457

59.4

Feeling about present living arrangement

 Satisfactory

8131

88.6

 Non satisfactory

1050

11.4

Living arrangement

  

 Alone

546

6.0

 with spouse

1462

21.9

 With children

6480

70.6

 Others

693

7.6

Religion

 Hindu

7389

80.5

 Muslim

617

6.7

 Sikh

771

8.4

 Others

404

4.4

 Caste

 Scheduled Caste

1802

19.6

 Scheduled Tribe

470

5.1

 Other Backward Class

3190

34.8

 Others

3719

40.5

Place of residence

 Rural

4784

52.1

 Urban

4397

47.9

Wealth status

 Poorest

1758

19.2

 Poorer

1838

20.0

 Middle

1823

19.9

 Richer

1844

20.1

 Richest

1918

20.9

State

 Kerala

1338

14.6

 Himachal Pradesh

1452

15.8

 Punjab

1249

13.6

 West Bengal

1112

12.1

 Orissa

1448

15.8

 Maharashtra

1251

13.6

 Tamil Nadu

1331

14.5

 Total

9181

100