Variables | Sample | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Self-perceived income sufficiency | ||
 Has income and fully sufficient | 2156 | 23.5 |
 Has income and partially sufficient | 2410 | 26.3 |
 Has income and not sufficient | 661 | 7.2 |
 No income | 3949 | 43.0 |
Working status (last one year) | ||
 Never worked | 6174 | 67.3 |
 Currently working | 2208 | 24.1 |
 Retired | 794 | 8.7 |
Educational status | ||
 No education | 4654 | 50.7 |
 Below 5 years | 1890 | 20.6 |
 6 to 10 years | 2072 | 22.6 |
 11+ years | 559 | 6.1 |
Marital status | ||
 Not in union | 3632 | 39.6 |
 Currently in union | 5544 | 60.4 |
Asset ownership | ||
 No | 1610 | 17.6 |
 Yes | 7566 | 82.5 |
Age group (in years) | ||
 60–69 | 5667 | 61.8 |
 70–79 | 2525 | 27.5 |
 80+ | 984 | 10.7 |
Sex | ||
 Men | 4339 | 47.3 |
 Women | 4837 | 52.7 |
Co-residing with children | ||
 No | 2701 | 29.4 |
 Yes | 6475 | 70.6 |
Self-rated health | ||
 Good | 4096 | 44.6 |
 Poor | 5080 | 55.4 |
IADL | ||
 High | 3995 | 43.5 |
 Low | 5181 | 56.5 |
ADL | ||
 High | 8498 | 92.6 |
 Low | 678 | 7.4 |
Subjective well-being | ||
 High | 6720 | 73.2 |
 Low | 2456 | 26.8 |
Psychological health | ||
 High | 7024 | 76.6 |
 Low | 2152 | 23.5 |
Wealth status | ||
 Poorest | 2170 | 23.7 |
 Poorer | 2024 | 22.1 |
 Middle | 1903 | 20.7 |
 Richer | 1708 | 18.6 |
 Richest | 1370 | 14.9 |
Religion | ||
 Hindu | 7299 | 79.6 |
 Muslims | 644 | 7.0 |
 Sikh | 847 | 9.2 |
 Others | 386 | 4.2 |
Caste | ||
 Scheduled Caste | 1897 | 20.7 |
 Scheduled Tribe | 515 | 5.6 |
 Other Backward Class | 3353 | 36.5 |
 Others | 3411 | 37.2 |
Place of residence | ||
 Rural | 6783 | 73.9 |
 Urban | 2393 | 26.1 |
State | ||
 Himachal Pradesh | 1456 | 15.9 |
 Punjab | 1240 | 13.5 |
 West Bengal | 1127 | 12.3 |
 Orissa | 1453 | 15.8 |
 Maharashtra | 1230 | 13.4 |
 Kerala | 1340 | 14.6 |
 Tamil Nadu | 1330 | 14.5 |
Total | 9176 | 100.0 |