Analysing the role of sleep quality, functional limitation and depressive symptoms in determining life satisfaction among the older Population in India: a moderated mediation approach

Table 1 Distribution of the study population (60 years and above) by background characteristics

Background Characteristics		Total
Background Characteristics		Frequency ^a	%
Sex	Male	15,098	47.5
Sex	Female	16,366	52.6
Age group	Younger olds (60–69 years)	18,974	58.5
Age group	Older Olds (70 years and above)	12,490	41.5
Place of Residence	Rural	20,725	70.6
Place of Residence	Urban	10,739	29.5
Marital Status	Currently Married	20,090	62.1
Marital Status	Others	11,374	37.9
Social Group^b	SC	5140	18.9
	ST	5173	8.1
	OBC	11,886	45.2
	Others	9173	27.7
Religion^b	Muslim	3731	11.3
	Hindu	23,037	82.2
	Others	4695	6.5
Living Arrangement	Alone	1622	5.7
Living Arrangement	Others	29,842	94.3
Education	Illiterate (including some with schooling)	17,691	58.8
Education	Literate (with or without schooling)	13,773	41.2
Work Status^b	Never worked	8776	26.4
	Currently not working/ unpaid work	13,856	44.5
	currently working (paid)	8824	29.1
Economic Status	Poorest	6484	21.7
	Poorer	6477	21.7
	Middle	6416	21.0
	Richer	6170	19.2
	Richest	5917	16.5
Chronic disease^b	None	11,525	37.1
	Only one	9491	30.7
	Two or more	10,342	32.1
Impairment^b	None	28,387	89.6
	Only one	1810	6.4
	Two or more	1126	4.0
Involvement in payment of bills/ settling of financial matters^b	No	20,422	68.3
	Yes	10,587	31.7
TOTAL		31,464	100.0

Note: ^aunweighted sample sizes; ^b these categories have 0.3, 0.003, 0.03, 0.3, 0.4, 1.4 per cent missing values respectively
Source: authors’ own calculations from Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), Main Wave I, (2017-18)

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