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Table 1 Rural-Urban Differential in Health Care Utilisation among Elderly Population by Select Background Characteristics in India (2017–18)

From: Determinants of rural-urban differential in healthcare utilization among the elderly population in India

  

Total

 

Rural

 

Urban

  
  

Rate of Seeking Medical Treatment (%)

P value

Rate of Seeking Medical Treatment (%)

P value

Rate of Seeking Medical Treatment (%)

P value

Rural/Urban Ratio

Place of Residence

Rural

88.99

 

 

 

Urban

96.07

      

Age

Younger old (60–69 years)

92.17

90.01

95.29

0.94

Old-old

(70–79 years)

90.81

 

86.56

 

97.03

 

0.89

Oldest old

(80 years and above)

93.42

 

90.30

 

97.56

 

0.93

Sex

Male

92.51

89.8

96.32

0.93

Female

91.32

 

88.25

 

95.84

 

0.92

Social Group

ST

81.7

80.41

92.1

0.87

SC

91.03

 

89.44

 

94.47

 

0.95

OBC

92.51

 

90.64

 

95.79

 

0.95

Others

92.5

 

88.07

 

96.68

 

0.91

Marital Status

Currently Married

92.89

90.06

96.68

0.93

Others

90.38

 

87.49

 

95.03

 

0.92

Religion

Hindu

90.93

87.87

95.52

0.92

Muslim

94.77

 

92.93

 

97.03

 

0.96

Others

96.57

 

94.57

 

99.03

 

0.95

Education

Illiterate

88.02

85.95

94.63

0.91

Upper Primary or Below

93.97

 

92.07

 

96.61

 

0.95

Secondary

95.99

 

93.43

 

97.4

 

0.96

Higher Secondary or above

96.32

 

97.97

 

95.93

 

1.02

Economic Dependence

Not Dependent

93.75

91.27

96.48

0.95

Partially dependent

91.27

 

89.24

 

94.86

 

0.94

Fully dependent

91.14

 

87.79

 

96.27

 

0.91

Economic Status

Poor

86.65

86.12

90.61

0.95

Lower Middle

91.26

 

89.84

 

95.27

 

0.94

Upper Middle

93.54

 

91.14

 

96.37

 

0.95

Rich

96.19

 

92.97

 

96.98

 

0.96

Household Size

5 or less

92.29

89.05

96.58

0.92

More than 5

91.06

 

88.88

 

94.81

 

0.94

Living arrangement

Alone

87.15

83.44

94.42

0.88

With spouse and/or other members

92.26

 

89.48

 

96.18

 

0.93

Health Insurance

Not insured

91.1

87.81

95.62

0.92

Insured

93.79

 

91.64

 

97.25

 

0.94

Region

Northeast

70.46

64.88

90.68

0.72

South

95.08

 

93.47

 

97.64

 

0.96

West

93.75

 

86.94

 

98.41

 

0.88

North

91.55

 

89.47

 

94.08

 

0.95

Central

88.43

 

87.88

 

89.76

 

0.98

East

87.52

 

83.29

 

94.44

 

0.88

TOTAL

 

91.9

 

88.99

 

96.07

 

0.93

  1. Note: † p < 0.001
  2. Source: Author’s calculation from the NSS 75th Round on Social Consumption: Health