Table 2 Percentage of older adults with cognitive impairment by background characteristics among older adults in India
Variables | Percentage | p < 0.05 |
|---|---|---|
Self-perceived income sufficiency | Â | * |
 Has income and fully sufficient | 43.5 |  |
 Has income and partially sufficient | 65.6 |  |
 Has income and not sufficient | 71.1 |  |
 No income | 63.8 |  |
Working status (last one year) | Â | * |
 Never worked | 66.0 |  |
 Currently working | 53.0 |  |
 Retired | 32.8 |  |
Educational status | Â | * |
 No education | 70.6 |  |
 Below 5 years | 63.6 |  |
 6 to 10 years | 40.8 |  |
 11+ years | 31.0 |  |
Marital status | Â | * |
 Not in union | 68.9 |  |
 Currently in union | 54.2 |  |
Asset ownership | Â | * |
 No | 71.6 |  |
 Yes | 57.5 |  |
Age group (in years) | Â | * |
 60–69 | 53.1 |  |
 70–79 | 68.2 |  |
 80+ | 78.5 |  |
Sex | Â | * |
 Men | 53.0 |  |
 Women | 66.3 |  |
Co-residing with children | Â | * |
 No | 57.8 |  |
 Yes | 60.9 |  |
Self-rated health | Â | * |
 Good | 48.9 |  |
 Poor | 69.0 |  |
IADL | Â | * |
 High | 49.6 |  |
 Low | 68.0 |  |
ADL | Â | * |
 High | 58.0 |  |
 Low | 84.7 |  |
Subjective well-being | Â | * |
 High | 54.7 |  |
 Low | 74.6 |  |
Psychological health | Â | * |
 High | 55.0 |  |
 Low | 76.5 |  |
Wealth status | Â | * |
 Poorest | 71.2 |  |
 Poorer | 65.1 |  |
 Middle | 60.1 |  |
 Richer | 48.7 |  |
 Richest | 48.7 |  |
Religion | Â | * |
 Hindu | 59.6 |  |
 Muslims | 67.1 |  |
 Sikh | 56.1 |  |
 Others | 64.0 |  |
Caste | Â | * |
 Scheduled Caste | 66.2 |  |
 Scheduled Tribe | 71.4 |  |
 Other Backward Class | 56.5 |  |
 Others | 58.3 |  |
Place of residence | Â | * |
 Rural | 63.0 |  |
 Urban | 51.6 |  |
State | Â | * |
 Himachal Pradesh | 54.2 |  |
 Punjab | 54.9 |  |
 West Bengal | 81.9 |  |
 Orissa | 69.3 |  |
 Maharashtra | 55.0 |  |
 Kerala | 66.3 |  |
 Tamil Nadu | 40.7 |  |
Total | 60.0 | Â |