Table 1 Socio-economic profile of older adults in India, 2017-18
Background characteristics | Rural | Urban | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample | Percentage | Sample | Percentage | |
Obesity related factors | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Obese/overweight |  |  |  |  |
  No | 17,863 | 86.2 | 7,160 | 66.7 |
  Yes | 2,862 | 13.8 | 3,579 | 33.3 |
 High risk waist circumference |  |  |  |  |
  No | 17,536 | 84.6 | 7,069 | 65.8 |
  Yes | 3,189 | 15.4 | 3,670 | 34.2 |
 High risk waist-hip ratio |  |  |  |  |
  No | 6,994 | 33.8 | 3,016 | 28.1 |
  Yes | 13,731 | 66.3 | 7,723 | 71.9 |
Behavioural factors | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Physical activity status |  |  |  |  |
  Frequent | 3,980 | 19.2 | 1,610 | 15.0 |
  Rare | 3,101 | 15.0 | 813 | 7.6 |
  Never | 13,644 | 65.8 | 8,317 | 77.4 |
 Tobacco consumption |  |  |  |  |
  No | 11,353 | 54.8 | 7,886 | 73.4 |
  Yes | 9,372 | 45.2 | 2,853 | 26.6 |
 Alcohol consumption |  |  |  |  |
  No | 17,465 | 84.3 | 9,523 | 88.7 |
  Yes | 3,260 | 15.7 | 1,216 | 11.3 |
Individual factors | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Age |  |  |  |  |
  Young-old (60-69 years) | 12,139 | 58.6 | 6,268 | 58.4 |
  Old-old (70-79 years) | 6,169 | 29.8 | 3,354 | 31.2 |
  Oldest-old (80+ years) | 2,417 | 11.7 | 1,117 | 10.4 |
 Sex |  |  |  |  |
  Male | 10,045 | 48.5 | 4,835 | 45.0 |
  Female | 10,680 | 51.5 | 5,904 | 55.0 |
 Education |  |  |  |  |
  Not educated/primary not completed | 15,986 | 77.1 | 4,937 | 46.0 |
  Primary | 2,069 | 10.0 | 1,511 | 14.1 |
  Secondary | 1,988 | 9.6 | 2,598 | 24.2 |
  Higher | 682 | 3.3 | 1,693 | 15.8 |
 Marital status |  |  |  |  |
  Currently married | 13,017 | 62.8 | 6,315 | 58.8 |
  Widowed | 7,280 | 35.1 | 4,162 | 38.8 |
  Others | 427 | 2.1 | 262 | 2.4 |
 Working status |  |  |  |  |
  Working | 7,341 | 35.4 | 2,106 | 19.6 |
  Retired | 8,774 | 42.3 | 4,719 | 43.9 |
  Not working | 4,610 | 22.2 | 3,913 | 36.4 |
Household factors | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 MPCE quintile |  |  |  |  |
  Poorest | 4,446 | 21.5 | 2,396 | 22.3 |
  Poorer | 4,608 | 22.2 | 2,197 | 20.5 |
  Middle | 4,375 | 21.1 | 2,207 | 20.6 |
  Richer | 3,932 | 19.0 | 2,117 | 19.7 |
  Richest | 3,364 | 16.2 | 1,822 | 17.0 |
 Religion |  |  |  |  |
  Hindu | 17,309 | 83.5 | 8,497 | 79.1 |
  Muslim | 2,021 | 9.8 | 1,604 | 14.9 |
  Christian | 623 | 3.0 | 269 | 2.5 |
  Others | 772 | 3.7 | 369 | 3.4 |
 Caste |  |  |  |  |
  Scheduled Caste | 4,572 | 22.1 | 1,220 | 11.4 |
  Scheduled Tribe | 2,125 | 10.3 | 325 | 3.0 |
  Other Backward Class | 9,213 | 44.5 | 5,056 | 47.1 |
  Others | 4,815 | 23.2 | 4,139 | 38.5 |
 Region |  |  |  |  |
  North | 2,655 | 12.8 | 1,293 | 12.0 |
  Central | 4,920 | 23.7 | 1,533 | 14.3 |
  East | 5,678 | 27.4 | 1,573 | 14.7 |
  Northeast | 691 | 3.3 | 226 | 2.1 |
  West | 2,898 | 14.0 | 2,662 | 24.8 |
  South | 3,883 | 18.7 | 3,451 | 32.1 |
  Total | 20,725 | 100.0 | 10,739 | 100.0 |