Table 8 Types of help obtained and needed (Q15 and Q16) by age (years) and sex
From: Disability among elderly rural villagers: report of a survey from Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Bangladesh
< 60 | 60 < 65 | 65 < 70 | 70 < 75 | 75 < 80 | 80 < 85 | > 85 | Total | ||||||||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Help Given | |||||||||||||||||
Some help given | men | 96 | 7.0 | 824 | 21.5 | 1113 | 22.1 | 1435 | 28.5 | 837 | 30.9 | 820 | 41.2 | 949 | 52.3 | 6074 | 27.9 |
women | 216 | 13.1 | 1291 | 25.3 | 1351 | 24.0 | 1415 | 33.6 | 613 | 36.7 | 779 | 48.4 | 822 | 56.6 | 6487 | 30.4 | |
By spouse | men | 65 | 4.7 | 466 | 12.1 | 609 | 12.1 | 710 | 14.1 | 43.9 | 16.2 | 343 | 17.2 | 324 | 17.9 | 2955 | 13.6 |
women | 40 | 2.4 | 85 | 1.7 | 74 | 1.3 | 59 | 1.4 | 22 | 1.3 | 18 | 1.1 | 17 | 1.2 | 315 | 1.5 | |
By daughter-in-law | men | 18 | 1.3 | 116 | 4.3 | 263 | 5.2 | 455 | 9.0 | 294 | 10.9 | 338 | 17.0 | 510 | 28.2 | 2044 | 9.1 |
women | 90 | 5.4 | 721 | 14.1 | 838 | 14.9 | 877 | 20.8 | 387 | 23.1 | 496 | 30.8 | 548 | 37.7 | 3957 | 18.6 | |
By son | men | 17 | 1.2 | 186 | 4.8 | 253 | 5.0 | 282 | 5.6 | 127 | 4.7 | 145 | 7.3 | 146 | 8.1 | 1156 | 5.3 |
women | 68 | 4.1 | 345 | 6.8 | 279 | 5.0 | 278 | 6.6 | 115 | 6.9 | 115 | 7.2 | 125 | 8.6 | 1325 | 6.2 | |
By daughter | men | 16 | 1.2 | 82 | 2.1 | 123 | 2.4 | 104 | 2.1 | 71 | 2.6 | 56 | 2.8 | 69 | 3.8 | 521 | 2.4 |
women | 46 | 2.8 | 198 | 3.9 | 191 | 3.4 | 190 | 4.5 | 85 | 5.1 | 112 | 7.0 | 118 | 8.1 | 940 | 4.4 | |
By grandchild | men | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.4 | 14 | 0.3 | 53 | 1.1 | 25 | 0.9 | 46 | 2.3 | 66 | 3.7 | 219 | 1.0 |
women | 6 | 0.4 | 58 | 1.1 | 91 | 1.6 | 124 | 2.9 | 65 | 3.9 | 110 | 6.8 | 124 | 8.5 | 578 | 2.7 | |
Types of help | |||||||||||||||||
Mobility | men | 16 | 1.2 | 148 | 3.9 | 246 | 4.9 | 307 | 6.1 | 222 | 8.2 | 265 | 13.3 | 363 | 20.1 | 1567 | 7.2 |
women | 39 | 2.4 | 225 | 4.4 | 330 | 5.9 | 401 | 9.5 | 203 | 12.1 | 299 | 18.6 | 371 | 25.5 | 1868 | 8.8 | |
Bathing | men | 19 | 1.4 | 121 | 3.2 | 204 | 4.0 | 308 | 6.1 | 241 | 8.9 | 269 | 13.5 | 424 | 23.5 | 1586 | 7.3 |
women | 21 | 1.3 | 163 | 3.2 | 234 | 4.2 | 373 | 8.8 | 203 | 12.1 | 294 | 18.3 | 422 | 29.0 | 1710 | 8.0 | |
Feeding | men | 26 | 1.9 | 160 | 4.2 | 244 | 4.8 | 317 | 6.3 | 196 | 7.2 | 198 | 10.0 | 271 | 15.0 | 1412 | 6.5 |
women | 41 | 2.5 | 224 | 4.4 | 258 | 4.6 | 321 | 7.6 | 143 | 8.6 | 191 | 11.9 | 258 | 17.8 | 1436 | 6.7 | |
Washing clothes | men | 14 | 1.0 | 73 | 1.9 | 121 | 2.4 | 196 | 3.9 | 147 | 5.4 | 139 | 7.0 | 228 | 12.6 | 918 | 4.2 |
women | 16 | 1.0 | 100 | 2.0 | 136 | 2.4 | 213 | 5.1 | 108 | 6.5 | 179 | 11.1 | 209 | 14.4 | 961 | 4.5 | |
Some help needed | men | 620 | 45.3 | 2382 | 62.1 | 3202 | 63.5 | 3309 | 65.7 | 1832 | 66.7 | 1397 | 70.3 | 1273 | 70.4 | 14015 | 64.3 |
women | 859 | 52.0 | 3504 | 68.7 | 3871 | 68.8 | 3002 | 71.2 | 1192 | 71.3 | 1189 | 73.9 | 1074 | 73.9 | 14691 | 68.9 | |
Types of help | |||||||||||||||||
Treatment | men | 373 | 27.2 | 1578 | 41.1 | 2090 | 41.4 | 2056 | 40.9 | 1231 | 45.5 | 838 | 42.2 | 834 | 46.2 | 9000 | 41.3 |
women | 565 | 34.2 | 2322 | 45.5 | 2424 | 43.1 | 1833 | 43.5 | 753 | 45.0 | 732 | 45.5 | 703 | 48.4 | 9332 | 43.7 | |
Financial | men | 214 | 15.6 | 751 | 19.6 | 1020 | 20.2 | 1081 | 21.5 | 518 | 19.1 | 459 | 23.1 | 364 | 20.1 | 4404 | 20.2 |
women | 241 | 14.6 | 1071 | 21.0 | 1329 | 23.6 | 1052 | 25.0 | 394 | 23.6 | 402 | 25.0 | 332 | 22.8 | 4821 | 22.6 | |
Prosthesis | men | 36 | 2.6 | 101 | 2.6 | 128 | 2.5 | 163 | 3.2 | 84 | 3.1 | 70 | 3.5 | 62 | 3.4 | 644 | 3.0 |
women | 52 | 3.1 | 111 | 2.2 | 143 | 2.5 | 131 | 3.1 | 45 | 2.7 | 58 | 3.6 | 59 | 4.1 | 599 | 2.8 | |
Total N | men | 1369 | 3836 | 5043 | 5033 | 2705 | 1988 | 1807 | 21781 | ||||||||
women | 1653 | 5102 | 5628 | 4215 | 1672 | 1608 | 1453 | 21331 | |||||||||