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Table 1 Participants' characteristics

From: Social support moderates the association of functional difficulty with major depression among community-dwelling older adults: evidence from LASI, 2017–18

Background Factors

Total (N = 31,464)

N

%

Age (in years)

 60–69

18,410

58.51

 70–79

9,501

30.20

 80 + 

3,553

11.29

Sex

 Male

14,931

47.5

 Female

16,533

52.6

Educational status

 No/primary

23,289

74.02

 Secondary

5,741

18.24

 Higher

2,434

7.74

Working status

 Never

8,315

26.43

 Not

11,467

36.45

 Yes

9,397

29.87

 Retired

2,282

7.25

Marital status

 Currently married

19,391

61.63

 Currently unmarried

12,072

38.37

Living arrangement

 Co-residential living

23,280

73.99

 Separate living

8,184

26.01

Social participation

 Yes

14,525

46.83

 No

16,490

53.17

Difficulty in BADL

 No

23,878

76.23

 Yes

7,449

23.77

Difficulty in IADL

 No

16,162

51.64

 Yes

15,133

48.36

Depression

 No

27,995

91.33

 Yes

2,657

8.67

MPCE quintile

 Poorest

6,829

21.70

 Poorer

6,831

21.71

 Middle

6,590

20.95

 Richer

6,038

19.19

 Richest

5,175

16.45

Religion

 Hindu

25,871

82.20

 Muslim

3,548

11.30

 Others

2,045

6.50

Caste

 SC/ST

8,505

27.10

 OBC

14,231

45.20

 Others

8,729

27.70

Place of residence

 Urban

22,196

29.45

 Rural

9,268

70.55

Region

 North

3,960

12.59

 Central

6,593

20.95

 East

7,439

23.64

 Northeast

935

2.97

 South

7,136

22.68

 West

5,401

17.17

  1. BADL Basic activities of daily living, IADL Instrumental activities of daily living, MPCE Monthly per capita consumption expenditure, SC/ST Scheduled caste/Scheduled tribe, OBC Other backward class