Table 2 Percentage of older adults reporting poor SRH, low psychological health and low subjective well-being
Background factors | Poor SRH | Low psychological health | Low subjective well-being | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | p < 0.05 | % | p < 0.05 | % | p < 0.05 | |
Smoking tobacco | 0.046 | 0.936 | 0.455 | |||
No | 54.8 | 23.7 | 26.9 | |||
Yes | 57.9 | 22.1 | 25.7 | |||
Chewing tobacco | 0.032 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
No | 54.9 | 21.5 | 24.8 | |||
Yes | 56.8 | 30.3 | 33.7 | |||
Alcohol consumption | 0.093 | 0.031 | < 0.001 | |||
No | 55.5 | 23.7 | 27.4 | |||
Yes | 53.1 | 19.8 | 18.6 | |||
Chronic diseases | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
No | 40.5 | 20.0 | 23.3 | |||
Yes | 63.4 | 25.3 | 28.6 | |||
Difficulty in ADL | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
High | 52.9 | 21.2 | 24.5 | |||
Low | 84.7 | 51.3 | 54.8 | |||
Difficulty in IADL | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
High | 45.5 | 14.4 | 16.1 | |||
Low | 62.8 | 30.4 | 34.9 | |||
Age (years) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
60-69 | 49.6 | 19.9 | 23.2 | |||
70-79 | 62.2 | 27.0 | 30.0 | |||
80+ | 70.0 | 34.9 | 38.7 | |||
Sex | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.048 | |||
Male | 51.9 | 21.1 | 23.9 | |||
Female | 58.3 | 25.5 | 29.3 | |||
Marital Status | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Not in union | 61.3 | 28.5 | 32.9 | |||
Currently in union | 51.3 | 20.1 | 22.7 | |||
Education | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
No education | 61.0 | 30.6 | 35.5 | |||
Below 5 years | 56.9 | 22.3 | 24.0 | |||
6-10 years | 44.8 | 12.5 | 13.9 | |||
11+ years | 41.1 | 8.4 | 10.3 | |||
Working status (last one year) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
No | 60.7 | 27.1 | 30.4 | |||
Yes | 47.1 | 19.4 | 23.5 | |||
Retired | 35.8 | 6.2 | 7.0 | |||
Living arrangement | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Alone | 56.7 | 32.9 | 39.7 | |||
With spouse | 49.9 | 20.7 | 25.8 | |||
With children | 55.8 | 22.9 | 25.4 | |||
Others | 60.7 | 26.3 | 30.9 | |||
Wealth quintile | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Poorest | 61.8 | 37.1 | 47.3 | |||
Poorer | 56.0 | 29.6 | 32.4 | |||
Middle | 53.2 | 19.7 | 21.1 | |||
Richer | 48.5 | 14.7 | 14.7 | |||
Richest | 55.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | |||
Religion | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Hindu | 52.8 | 25.7 | 28.5 | |||
Muslim | 66.3 | 23.1 | 29.9 | |||
Sikh | 65.5 | 7.8 | 12.1 | |||
Others | 61.4 | 16.3 | 21.6 | |||
Caste | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Scheduled Caste | 60.0 | 28.0 | 33.8 | |||
Scheduled Tribe | 46.5 | 32.4 | 35.1 | |||
Other Backward Class | 53.2 | 25.7 | 27.8 | |||
Others | 56.0 | 17.3 | 20.5 | |||
Residence | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Rural | 56.9 | 25.1 | 28.3 | |||
Urban | 50.8 | 18.7 | 22.4 | |||
State | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Himachal Pradesh | 46.0 | 17.0 | 15.1 | |||
Punjab | 65.9 | 7.2 | 11.4 | |||
West Bengal | 77.9 | 29.3 | 48.3 | |||
Orissa | 47.5 | 37.5 | 35.3 | |||
Maharashtra | 40.9 | 22.7 | 34.3 | |||
Kerala | 67.1 | 13.8 | 14.8 | |||
Tamil Nadu | 46.1 | 36.2 | 31.7 | |||