Table 2 Summary of variables and socioeconomic characteristics
From: Measuring the health of the Indian elderly: evidence from National Sample Survey data
Survey | Total | North | East | South | West |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample size | 33,940 | 12,545 | 8,692 | 7,795 | 4,908 |
Mean age | 67.80 | 68.11 | 67.62 | 67.54 | 67.71 |
Male (%) | 48.69 | 48.56 | 51.93 | 47.18 | 46.89 |
Urban (%) | 21.92 | 18.45 | 17.93 | 25.58 | 30.09 |
Socioeconomic characteristics | |||||
Primary education completed (%) | 18.89 | 14.45 | 19.26 | 23.10 | 22.53 |
Avg. monthly per capita consumption expenditure (rupee) | 389.87 | 393.20 | 336.71 | 391.96 | 451.79 |
Scheduled caste or scheduled tribe (%) | 23.75 | 26.06 | 26.80 | 17.13 | 24.30 |
Health variables | |||||
SRH- Excellent (%) | 1.58 | 1.77 | 1.43 | 1.29 | 1.80 |
SRH- Good (%) | 7.44 | 7.08 | 8.06 | 6.52 | 8.88 |
SRH- Fair (%) | 71.65 | 72.03 | 67.23 | 73.38 | 74.11 |
SRH- Poor (%) | 19.33 | 19.12 | 23.28 | 18.82 | 15.21 |
With one or more common chronic diseases1 (%) | 44.93 | 41.03 | 47.41 | 49.44 | 43.34 |
With one or more disabilities2 (%) | 36.07 | 35.76 | 36.85 | 34.59 | 37.80 |
Being hospitalized in the last year (%) | 4.00 | 2.55 | 2.75 | 6.60 | 5.17 |