Health-related quality of life, and its determinants, among older people in rural Vietnam

Table 1 Distribution of older people by demographic and socioeconomic groups

Variables	n	%	95%CI
Overall
60+	2,873	100.0	-
65+	2,275	79.2	77.7 - 80.7
70+	1,665	58.0	56.2 - 59.8
75+	1,096	38.2	36.4 - 39.9
80+	589	20.5	19.0 - 22.0
85+	263	9.2	8.1 - 10.2
Age groups
60-69	1,208	42.0	40.2 - 43.9
70-79	1,076	37.4	35.7 - 39.2
80-89	513	17.9	16.5 - 19.3
90+	76	2.7	2.1 - 3.2
Gender
Male	1,056	36.8	35.0 - 38.5
Female	1,816	63.2	61.5 - 65.0
Education
High school and higher	220	7.7	6.7 - 8.6
Primary/secondary school	1,122	39.1	35.5 - 37.0
Read and write only	1,012	35.2	37.3 - 40.9
Illiterate	518	18.0	16.6 - 19.4
Marital status
Married	1,569	54.8	33.0 - 56.6
Widowed	1,225	42.8	41.0 - 44.6
Separated, divorced, single	70	2.4	1.9 - 3.0
Living with spouse
Yes	876	30.5	28.8 - 32.2
No	1,994	69.5	67.8 - 71.1
Household head
Yes	1,493	52.1	50.2 - 53.9
No	1,374	47.9	46.1 - 49.7
Working status
Yes	1,160	40.4	38.6 - 42.2
No	1,713	59.6	57.8 - 61.4
Wealth quintiles
Richest	603	21.0	19.5 - 22.5
Richer	639	22.2	20.7 - 23.8
Middle	637	22.2	20.7 - 23.7
Poorer	496	17.3	15.9 - 18.7
Poorest	498	17.3	16.0 - 18.7
National poverty line
Above	2,445	85.1	83.3 - 86.4
Below	428	14.9	13.6 - 16.2

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