Background Characteristics | Caregivers | Non-Caregivers | Difference | Proportion Test (p value) | ||
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Prevalence (N = 2522) | χ2 | Prevalence (N = 65,227) | χ2 | |||
Age Group | χ2 = 16.99 p = 0.001 |  | χ2 = 334.86 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 <45 years | 15.94 | 21.91 | -5.97 | 0.505 | ||
 45–59 years | 28.43 | 26.19 | 2.24 | 0.000 | ||
 60–69 years | 36.21 | 28.59 | 7.62 | 0.000 | ||
 > 70 years | 38.43 | 32.05 | 6.38 | 0.000 | ||
Sex | χ2 = 13.99 p = 0.000 |  | χ2 = 72.03 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 Male | 26.58 | 25.6 | 0.98 | 0.069 | ||
 Female | 30.86 | 29.00 | 1.86 | 0.000 | ||
Years of Schooling | χ2 = 52.40 p = 0.000 |  | χ2 = 569.39 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 No Education | 37.27 | 31.48 | 5.79 | 0.000 | ||
 < 5 years | 30.74 | 27.72 | 3.02 | 0.186 | ||
 5–9 years | 24.67 | 24.35 | 0.32 | 0.256 | ||
 > 10 years | 21.25 | 20.45 | 0.8 | 0.003 | ||
Marital Status | χ2 = 32.76 p = 0.000 |  | χ2 = 583.43 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 Currently Married | 26.87 | 25.16 | 1.71 | 0.000 | ||
 Widowed | 47.10 | 35.40 | 11.7 | 0.000 | ||
 Others | 43.07 | 31.31 | 11.76 | 0.027 | ||
MPCE Quintile | χ2 = 11.36 p = 0.023 |  | χ2 = 92.63 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 Poorest | 35.09 | 29.85 | 5.24 | 0.000 | ||
 Poorer | 23.20 | 27.15 | -3.95 | 0.474 | ||
 Middle | 36.19 | 28.46 | 7.73 | 0.000 | ||
 Richer | 25.25 | 25.46 | -0.21 | 0.047 | ||
 Richest | 27.12 | 26.79 | 0.33 | 0.003 | ||
Religion | χ2 = 2.61 p = 0.271 |  | χ2 = 259.62 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 Hindu | 31.42 | 27.68 | 3.74 | 0.000 | ||
 Muslim | 18.69 | 30.21 | -11.52 | 0.181 | ||
 Others | 34.26 | 21.82 | 12.44 | 0.000 | ||
Caste | χ2 = 17.95 p = 0.000 |  | χ2 = 251.07 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 Schedule Caste (SC) | 37.99 | 30.88 | 7.11 | 0.000 | ||
 Schedule Tribe (ST) | 22.47 | 25.31 | -2.84 | 0.107 | ||
 Other Backward Caste (OBC) | 27.74 | 27.94 | -0.2 | 0.001 | ||
 None | 27.37 | 24.76 | 2.61 | 0.020 | ||
Residence | χ2 = 5.17 p = 0.023 |  | χ2 = 59.13 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 Rural | 33.2 | 28.24 | 4.96 | 0.000 | ||
 Urban | 22.72 | 26.12 | -3.4 | 0.004 | ||
Living Arrangement | χ2 = 43.03 p = 0.000 |  | χ2 = 642.40 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 With Spouse | 38.55 | 28.02 | 10.53 | 0.000 | ||
 With Spouse and Children | 24.2 | 24.43 | -0.23 | 0.000 | ||
 With Children | 45.42 | 32.66 | 12.76 | 0.000 | ||
 With Others | 45.57 | 39.54 | 6.03 | 0.391 | ||
Chronic Disease | χ2 = 15.55 p = 0.000 |  | χ2 = 349.73 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 No Chronic Disease | 26.77 | 24.97 | 1.8 | 0.000 | ||
 Single Chronic Disease | 36.11 | 28.40 | 7.71 | 0.000 | ||
 Multimorbidity | 27.33 | 34.55 | -7.22 | 0.016 | ||
Social Isolation | χ2 = 15.63 p = 0.000 |  | χ2 = 336.05 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 Isolated | 29.35 | 29.12 | 0.23 | 0.000 | ||
 Not Isolated | 29.27 | 23.98 | 5.29 | 0.000 | ||
Economic Dependency | χ2 = 11.22 p = 0.001 |  | χ2 = 357.10 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 Dependent | 32.73 | 30.74 | 1.99 | 0.000 | ||
 Independent | 26.69 | 24.25 | 2.44 | 0.000 | ||
Satisfaction in Current Living Arrangement | χ2 = 171.45 p = 0.000 |  | χ2 = 2400 p = 0.000 |  |  | |
 Satisfied | 22.63 | 23.05 | -0.42 | 0.002 | ||
 Neutral | 44.39 | 40.71 | 3.68 | 0.001 | ||
 Not Satisfied | 65.85 | 53.04 | 12.81 | 0.010 | ||
Overall | 29.32 | Â | 27.58 | Â | 1.74 | 0.000 |