Table 2 Percentage of older adults suffering from low subjective well-being

 Self-perceived income sufficiency

 < 0.001

  No income

30.8

  Has income and fully sufficient

15.6

  Has income and partially sufficient

26.6

  Has income and not sufficient

39.4

 Working Status

 < 0.001

  Never worked

30.4

  Currently working

23.5

  Retired

7.0

 Received pension

 < 0.001

  No

27.6

  Yes

24.6

 Asset ownership

 < 0.001

  No

36.5

  Yes

24.6

 Sex

 < 0.001

  Men

23.9

  Women

29.3

 Co-residing with children

 < 0.001

  No

29.9

  Yes

25.4

 Age group (in years)

 < 0.001

  60–69

23.2

  70–79

30.0

  80 + 

38.7

 Educational status

 < 0.001

  No education

35.5

  Below 5 years

24.0

  6 to 10 years

13.9

  11 + years

10.3

 Marital status

 < 0.001

  Not in union

32.9

  Currently in union

22.7

 Difficulty in IADL

 < 0.001

  No

16.1

  Yes

34.9

 Difficulty in ADL

 < 0.001

  No

24.5

  Yes

54.8

 Disability

 < 0.001

  No

15.8

  Yes

30.8

 Community involvement

 < 0.001

  No

40.2

  Yes

23.5

 Trust over someone

 < 0.001

  No

23.3

  Yes

42.9

Contextual factors

 Decision making power

 < 0.001

  No role

55.9

  Partial decision making

33.0

  Absolute role

22.3

 Economic violence

 < 0.001

  No

25.8

  Yes

45.0

 Caste

 < 0.001

  Scheduled Caste

33.8

  Scheduled Tribe

35.1

  Other Backward Class

27.8

  Others

20.5

 Religion

 < 0.001

  Hindu

28.5

  Muslim

29.9

  Sikh

12.1

  Others

21.6

 Wealth status

 < 0.001

  Poorest

47.3

  Poorer

32.4

  Middle

21.1

  Richer

14.7

  Richest

9.3

 Place of residence

 < 0.001

  Rural

28.3

  Urban

22.4

 State

 < 0.001

  Himachal Pradesh

15.1

  Punjab

11.4

  West Bengal

48.3

  Orissa

35.3

  Maharashtra

34.3

  Kerala

14.8

  Tamil Nadu

31.7

Total

26.7