Decomposing urban-rural differences in multimorbidity among older adults in India: a study based on LASI data

Chauhan, Shekhar; Srivastava, Shobhit; Kumar, Pradeep; Patel, Ratna

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-12878-7

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression decomposition estimates for urban-rural differentials in multimorbidity among older adults in India, 2017-18

From: Decomposing urban-rural differences in multimorbidity among older adults in India: a study based on LASI data

Background characteristics	Due to difference in characteristics					Due to difference in coefficients
Background characteristics	Coef.	SE	p-value	Percent		Coef.	SE	p-value	Percent
Obesity related factors
Obese/overweight
No					8.0					-2.4
Yes	0.013	0.002	<0.001	8.0	8.0	-0.004	0.002	0.022	-2.4	-2.4
High risk waist circumference
No					9.1					-0.3
Yes	0.015	0.002	<0.001	9.1	9.1	0.000	0.002	0.809	-0.3	-0.3
High risk waist-hip ratio
No					-0.4					-10.5
Yes	-0.001	0.001	0.390	-0.4	-0.4	-0.017	0.007	0.012	-10.5	-10.5
Behavioural factors
Physical activity status
Frequent					3.4					-9.0
Rare	0.000	0.001	0.801	-0.2		0.000	0.003	0.985	-4.5
Never	0.006	0.002	<0.001	3.6		-0.007	0.008	0.359	-4.5
Tobacco consumption
No					0.3					-1.1
Yes	0.001	0.002	0.762	0.3	0.3	-0.002	0.004	0.673	-1.1	-1.1
Alcohol consumption
No					-1.2					2.8
Yes	-0.002	0.001	0.018	-1.2	-1.2	0.005	0.002	0.060	2.8	2.8
Individual factors
Age
Young-old (60-69 years)					0.4					-0.2
Old-old (70-79 years)	0.000	0.000	<0.001	0.3		0.001	0.003	0.720	0.6
Oldest-old (80+ years)	0.000	0.000	0.542	0.1		-0.001	0.002	0.448	-0.7
Sex
Male					0.0					5.1
Female	0.000	0.000	0.789	0.0	0.0	0.008	0.006	0.178	5.1	5.1
Education
Not educated/primary not completed					6.1					-3.9
Primary	0.001	0.000	0.002	0.9		-0.002	0.001	0.233	-1.0
Secondary	0.004	0.001	0.005	2.4		-0.004	0.001	0.004	-2.2
Higher	0.005	0.002	0.008	2.8		-0.001	0.001	0.048	-0.7
Marital status
Currently married					-0.2					-0.1
Widowed	0.000	0.000	0.423	0.0		-0.001	0.003	0.814	-0.5
Others	0.000	0.000	0.310	-0.2		0.001	0.001	0.319	0.3
Working status
Working					8.1					-10.1
Retired	0.002	0.000	<0.001	1.5		-0.011	0.005	0.023	-6.5
Not working	0.011	0.002	<0.001	6.7		-0.006	0.003	0.072	-3.6
Household factors
MPCE quintile
Poorest					-0.3					-2.3
Poorer	0.000	0.000	0.006	0.1		0.000	0.003	0.963	-0.1
Middle	0.000	0.000	<0.001	-0.2		-0.003	0.003	0.251	-1.9
Richer	0.000	0.000	<0.001	-0.2		0.001	0.003	0.808	0.4
Richest	0.000	0.000	<0.001	0.0		-0.001	0.003	0.653	-0.7
Religion
Hindu					2.2					-2.6
Muslim	0.004	0.001	<0.001	2.6		0.000	0.001	0.866	-0.1
Christian	-0.001	0.000	0.108	-0.4		-0.002	0.002	0.333	-1.1
Others	0.000	0.000	0.413	0.1		-0.002	0.001	0.021	-1.4
Caste
Scheduled Caste					5.2					2.9
Scheduled Tribe	0.004	0.002	0.015	2.7		0.006	0.004	0.079	3.8
Other Backward Class	0.000	0.000	0.681	0.0		-0.004	0.005	0.457	-2.2
Others	0.004	0.002	0.093	2.4		0.002	0.003	0.492	1.3
Region
North					10.4					3.7
Central	0.004	0.001	0.015	2.2		0.004	0.003	0.115	2.6
East	-0.006	0.001	0.000	-3.4		0.008	0.003	0.010	4.7
Northeast	0.003	0.001	0.003	1.9		0.000	0.003	0.933	0.1
West	0.004	0.001	0.003	2.1		-0.004	0.001	0.008	-2.4
South	0.012	0.002	<0.001	7.6		-0.002	0.003	0.392	-1.3
Constant						0.119	0.023	<0.001	72.6	72.6
Total	0.083	0.004	<0.001	50.9		0.080	0.006	<0.001	49.1

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