Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic factors among older adults

Individual factors

 Self-perceived income sufficiency

  No income

3,967

43.0

  Has income and fully sufficient

2,168

23.5

  Has income and partially sufficient

2,433

26.4

  Has income and not sufficient

663

7.2

 Working Status

  Never worked

6,212

67.3

  Currently working

2,223

24.1

  Retired

796

8.6

 Received pension

  No

6,447

69.8

  Yes

2,784

30.2

 Asset ownership

  No

1,630

17.7

  Yes

7,601

82.3

 Sex

  Men

4,372

47.4

  Women

4,859

52.6

 Co-residing with children

  No

2,738

29.7

  Yes

6,493

70.3

 Age group (in years)

  60–69

5,704

61.8

  70–79

2,536

27.5

  80 + 

991

10.7

 Educational status

  No education

4,684

50.7

  Below 5 years

1,900

20.6

  6 to 10 years

2,086

22.6

  11 + years

562

6.1

 Marital status

  Not in union

3,649

39.5

  Currently in union

5,582

60.5

 Difficulty in IADL

  No

4,008

43.4

  Yes

5,223

56.6

 Difficulty in ADL

  No

8,541

92.5

  Yes

690

7.5

 Disability

  No

2,519

27.3

  Yes

6,712

72.7

 Community involvement

  No

1,896

20.5

  Yes

7,335

79.5

 Trust over someone

  No

7,652

82.9

  Yes

1,579

17.1

Contextual factors

 Decision making power

  No role

512

5.6

  Partial decision making

2,218

24.0

  Absolute role

6,501

70.4

 Economic violence

  No

8,781

95.1

  Yes

450

4.9

 Caste

  Scheduled Caste

1,911

20.7

  Scheduled Tribe

515

5.6

  Other Backward Class

3,364

36.4

  Others

3,441

37.3

 Religion

  Hindu

7,324

79.3

  Muslim

651

7.1

  Sikh

870

9.4

  Others

386

4.2

 Wealth status

  Poorest

2,169

23.5

  Poorer

2,029

22.0

  Middle

1,913

20.7

  Richer

1,720

18.6

  Richest

1,399

15.2

 Place of residence

  Rural

6,827

74.0

  Urban

2,404

26.0

 State

  Himachal Pradesh

1,471

15.9

  Punjab

1,279

13.9

  West Bengal

1,128

12.2

  Orissa

1,454

15.8

  Maharashtra

1,229

13.3

  Kerala

1,341

14.5

  Tamil Nadu

1,330

14.4

Total

9,231

100