|
Variable (n)
|
Not disabled (%)
|
Disabled* (%)
|
Chi square*
|
|---|
|
Age groups
|
60–69 (2422)
|
1910 (78.9)
|
512 (21.1)
|
323.2
|
|
70–79 (1287)
|
794 (61.7)
|
493 (38.3)
| |
|
80 and above (589)
|
255 (43.3)
|
334 (56.7)
| |
|
Gender
|
Male (1899)
|
1440 (75.8)
|
459 (24.2)
|
77.4
|
|
Female (2399)
|
1519 (63.3)
|
880 (36.7)
| |
|
Education
|
Illiterate (1868)
|
1075 (57.5)
|
793 (42.5)
|
222.1
|
|
Less than secondary (1691)
|
1258 (74.4)
|
433 (25.6)
| |
|
Secondary and above (739)
|
626 (84.7)
|
113 (15.3)
| |
|
Marital status
|
Married (2742)
|
2064 (75.3)
|
678 (24.7)
|
152.6
|
|
Widowed (1341)
|
755 (56.3)
|
586 (43.7)
| |
|
Others (215)
|
140 (65.1)
|
75 (34.9)
| |
|
Family size
|
1–2 persons (1339)
|
807 (60.3)
|
532 (39.7)
|
70.2
|
|
3–6 persons(1916)
|
1416 (73.9)
|
500 (26.1)
| |
|
7 and above (1043)
|
736 (70.6)
|
307 (29.4)
| |
|
Family structure
|
Nuclear (3394)
|
2408 (70.9)
|
986 (29.1)
|
33.3
|
|
Extended (904)
|
551 (61.0)
|
353 (39.0)
| |
|
Labor force
|
Employed (453)
|
421 (92.9)
|
32 (7.1)
|
228.7
|
|
House worker (1098)
|
849 (77.3)
|
249 (22.7)
| |
|
Not working (2747)
|
1689 (61.5)
|
1058 (38.5)
| |
|
Refugee status
|
No (2541)
|
1784 (70.2)
|
757 (29.8)
|
5.4
|
|
Yes (1757)
|
1175 (66.9)
|
582 (33.1)
| |
|
Region
|
North WB (1429)
|
913 (63.9)
|
516 (36.1)
|
67.8
|
|
Center WB (875)
|
699 (79.9)
|
176 (20.1)
| |
|
South WB (775)
|
527 (68.0)
|
248 (32.0)
| |
|
Gaza Strip (1219)
|
820 (67.3)
|
399 (32.7)
| |
|
Total (4298)
|
2959 (68.8)
|
1339 (31.2)
| |
- *The disabled are those who reported a lot of difficulties or cannot at all on any single domain, or those who reported having some difficulties on at least 2 domains. *P value was <0.001 for all the variables presented in the table except for refugee status were P value was 0.011
