Table 1 Demographic and Socio-economic characteristics of sample elderly population in India
India | Sample size (N) | |
|---|---|---|
Mean Age (years) | 67.5 | 42,762 |
Age group (years) | ||
60–69 | 66.1 | 27,769 |
70–79 | 25.9 | 11,235 |
80 and above | 8.0 | 3758 |
Place of Residence | ||
Rural | 67.1 | 23,599 |
Urban | 32.9 | 19,163 |
Gender | ||
Male | 49.1 | 21,902 |
Female | 50.9 | 20,858 |
Marital Status | ||
Never Married/ divorced/ separated | 0.9 | 395 |
Currently married | 64.7 | 29,324 |
Widowed | 34.4 | 13,043 |
Surviving Children | ||
At least one surviving child | 95.7 | 41,409 |
No child | 4.3 | 1353 |
Social Groups | ||
ST | 6.2 | 3913 |
SC | 17.4 | 6133 |
OBC | 42.3 | 16,519 |
General | 34.3 | 16,197 |
Education | ||
Illiterate | 54.1 | 20,194 |
Up to primary | 21.1 | 9375 |
Up to secondary | 14.3 | 7752 |
Above Secondary | 10.5 | 5441 |
Household occupation | ||
Self employed | 48.1 | 20,986 |
Regular Wages | 15.5 | 8536 |
Casual Labourer | 20.0 | 6709 |
Others | 16.5 | 6531 |
Economic quintile-Rural | ||
Poorest | 19.1 | 3773 |
Poor | 19.0 | 3945 |
Middle | 21.0 | 4651 |
Rich | 19.5 | 4949 |
Richest | 21.3 | 6281 |
Economic quintile-Urban | ||
Poorest | 21.7 | 4776 |
Poor | 18.0 | 3614 |
Middle | 20.9 | 3696 |
Rich | 22.0 | 3537 |
Richest | 17.3 | 3540 |