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Table 3 Prevalence (%) of poor QoL by age and sex, adults aged 50 and over NUHDSS Korogocho and Viwandani Nairobi City, Kenya, 2006–7

From: Health and ageing in Nairobi’s informal settlements-evidence from the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH): a cross sectional study

 

Men

Women

p-values

Both Sexes

Total n (%)

1260 (36.4)

618 (55.2)

 

1878 (42.6)

Age-group n (%)

 50–59 years

909 (32.1)

359 (45.0)

p < 0.001

1271 (35.8)

 60–69 years

250 (43.6)

156 (64.0)

p < 0.001

404 (51.4)

 70–79 years

72 (50.7)

62 (77.5)

p < 0.01

133 (63.2)

 80-plus years

29 (72.3)

41 (77.0)

p = 0.64

70 (75.1)

  1. Note: All analyses weighted to the Nairobi NUHDSS population 2007. P-values reported for chi-squared tests of significance comparing prevalence between men and women for each age group
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