Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic profile of elderly in India
Background characteristics | Rural | Urban | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample | % | Sample | % | |
Age (in years) | ||||
60–69 | 12,139 | 58.6 | 6268 | 58.4 |
70–79 | 6169 | 29.8 | 3354 | 31.2 |
80 + | 2417 | 11.7 | 1117 | 10.4 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 10,045 | 48.5 | 4835 | 45.0 |
Female | 10,680 | 51.5 | 5904 | 55.0 |
Education | ||||
No education/primary not completed | 15,984 | 77.1 | 4937 | 46.0 |
Primary completed | 2069 | 10.0 | 1511 | 14.1 |
Secondary completed | 1988 | 9.6 | 2598 | 24.2 |
Higher and above | 682 | 3.3 | 1693 | 15.8 |
Marital status | ||||
Currently married | 13,017 | 62.8 | 6315 | 58.8 |
Widowed | 7280 | 35.1 | 4162 | 38.8 |
Others | 427 | 2.1 | 262 | 2.4 |
Working status | ||||
Working | 7341 | 35.4 | 2106 | 19.6 |
Retired | 8774 | 42.3 | 4719 | 43.9 |
Not working | 4610 | 22.2 | 3913 | 36.4 |
Body Mass Index | ||||
Underweight | 6062 | 32.4 | 1142 | 12.2 |
Normal | 9742 | 52.1 | 4561 | 48.7 |
Overweight/obese | 2884 | 15.4 | 3658 | 39.1 |
Type of toilet facility | ||||
Unimproved | 13,455 | 64.9 | 1984 | 18.5 |
Improved | 7270 | 35.1 | 8755 | 81.5 |
Source of drinking water | ||||
Unimproved | 8035 | 38.8 | 1319 | 12.3 |
Improved | 12,690 | 61.2 | 9420 | 87.7 |
Type of house | ||||
Pucca | 8512 | 41.8 | 8281 | 80.0 |
Semi pucca | 7064 | 34.7 | 1646 | 15.9 |
Kutcha | 4794 | 23.5 | 428 | 4.1 |
MPCE quintile | ||||
Poorest | 4446 | 21.5 | 2396 | 22.3 |
Poorer | 4608 | 22.2 | 2197 | 20.5 |
Middle | 4375 | 21.1 | 2207 | 20.6 |
Richer | 3932 | 19.0 | 2117 | 19.7 |
Richest | 3364 | 16.2 | 1822 | 17.0 |
Religion | ||||
Hindu | 17,309 | 83.5 | 8497 | 79.1 |
Muslim | 2021 | 9.8 | 1604 | 14.9 |
Christian | 623 | 3.0 | 269 | 2.5 |
Others | 772 | 3.7 | 369 | 3.4 |
Caste | ||||
Scheduled Caste | 4572 | 22.1 | 1220 | 11.4 |
Scheduled Tribe | 2125 | 10.3 | 325 | 3.0 |
Other Backward Class | 9213 | 44.5 | 5056 | 47.1 |
Others | 4815 | 23.2 | 4139 | 38.5 |
Region | ||||
North | 2655 | 12.8 | 1293 | 12.0 |
Central | 4920 | 23.7 | 1533 | 14.3 |
East | 5678 | 27.4 | 1573 | 14.7 |
Northeast | 691 | 3.3 | 226 | 2.1 |
West | 2898 | 14.0 | 2662 | 24.8 |
South | 3883 | 18.7 | 3451 | 32.1 |