Table 1 Socio-economic and health profile of older adults, Longitudinal Study of Aging in India, 2017-19 (n = 28,027)
Background Factors | Men (%) | Women (%) | Rural (%) | Urban (%) | Total (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (in years) | |||||
 60–69 | 8552 (58.14) | 8439 (58.65) | 5817 (58.08) | 11,174 (58.52) | 16,991 (58.39) |
 70–79 | 4260 (30.84) | 3813 (29.68) | 2782 (31.45) | 5291 (29.79) | 8073 (30.28) |
 80+ | 1474 (11.02) | 1489 (11.66) | 903 (10.47) | 2060 (11.69) | 2963 (11.33) |
Sex | |||||
 Men |  |  | 4567 (46.68) | 9719 (53.32) | 14,286 (51.37) |
 Women |  |  | 4935 (53.32) | 8806 (46.68) | 13,741 (48.63) |
Marital status | |||||
 Currently in union | 11,730 (80.98) | 6217 (42.9) | 5911 (59.01) | 12,036 (63.9) | 17,947 (62.46) |
 Widowed | 2170 (16.6) | 7143 (55.02) | 3240 (38.48) | 6073 (33.95) | 9313 (35.28) |
 Others | 386 (2.42) | 381 (2.09) | 351 (2.51) | 416 (2.15) | 767 (2.26) |
Living arrangement | |||||
 Alone | 345 (2.54) | 1091 (9.01) | 424 (4.3) | 1012 (6.26) | 1436 (5.69) |
 With spouse | 3550 (26.11) | 2036 (14.81) | 1701 (18.03) | 3885 (21.69) | 5586 (20.61) |
 Others | 10,391 (71.35) | 10,614 (76.19) | 7377 (77.67) | 13,628 (72.05) | 21,005 (73.7) |
Educational status | |||||
 No education | 8430 (61.44) | 11,583 (85.09) | 5129 (51.87) | 14,884 (81.69) | 20,013 (72.94) |
 Primary | 4007 (26.15) | 1611 (11.79) | 2714 (30.91) | 2904 (14.29) | 5618 (19.17) |
 Secondary/higher | 1849 (12.42) | 547 (3.12) | 1659 (17.21) | 737 (4.02) | 2396 (7.9) |
Self-rated health | |||||
 Good | 11,059 (77.84) | 10,087 (73.87) | 7182 (78.52) | 13,964 (74.83) | 21,146 (75.9) |
 Poor | 2924 (22.16) | 3359 (26.13) | 2111 (21.48) | 4172 (25.17) | 6283 (24.1) |
Wealth quintile | |||||
 Poorest | 2893 (21.02) | 2836 (22.29) | 1996 (22.33) | 3733 (21.35) | 5729 (21.64) |
 Poorer | 2905 (21.31) | 2808 (21.43) | 1940 (19.78) | 3773 (22.03) | 5713 (21.37) |
 Middle | 2865 (21.26) | 2802 (20.1) | 1895 (20.66) | 3772 (20.71) | 5667 (20.7) |
 Richer | 2832 (19.22) | 2704 (19.12) | 1846 (19.59) | 3690 (19) | 5536 (19.17) |
 Richest | 2791 (17.19) | 2591 (17.06) | 1825 (17.65) | 3557 (16.91) | 5382 (17.13) |
Religion | |||||
 Hindu | 10,482 (81.95) | 9836 (82.03) | 6671 (78.64) | 13,647 (83.38) | 20,318 (81.99) |
 Muslim | 1717 (11.76) | 1661 (10.79) | 1585 (15.29) | 1793 (9.63) | 3378 (11.29) |
 Others | 2087 (6.29) | 2244 (7.18) | 1246 (6.07) | 3085 (6.99) | 4331 (6.72) |
Caste | |||||
 SC/ST | 4638 (26.53) | 4598 (26.47) | 2123 (13.79) | 7113 (31.78) | 9236 (26.5) |
 OBC | 5545 (46.63) | 5191 (46.9) | 3678 (49.16) | 7058 (45.77) | 10,736 (46.76) |
 Others | 4103 (26.84) | 3952 (26.63) | 3701 (37.05) | 4354 (22.45) | 8055 (26.74) |
Place of residence | |||||
 Urban | 4567 (26.68) | 4935 (32.2) |  |  | 9502 (29.36) |
 Rural | 9719 (73.32) | 8806 (67.8) |  |  | 18,525 (70.64) |
Region | |||||
 North | 2675 (12.45) | 2623 (13.51) | 1823 (12.31) | 3475 (13.24) | 5298 (12.97) |
 Central | 2075 (22.88) | 1644 (18.64) | 749 (13.86) | 2970 (23.72) | 3719 (20.82) |
 East | 2674 (23.95) | 2105 (20.34) | 1074 (13.02) | 3705 (26.01) | 4779 (22.19) |
 Northeast | 1611 (2.84) | 1739 (3.36) | 803 (2.08) | 2547 (3.51) | 3350 (3.09) |
 South | 3403 (21.85) | 3692 (27.55) | 3209 (35.13) | 3886 (20.26) | 7095 (24.62) |
 West | 1848 (16.02) | 1938 (16.6) | 1844 (23.61) | 1942 (13.27) | 3786 (16.3) |