Table 6 Living arrangement and economic independence in elderly population of India
Living arrangements | Economic independence | Physically immobile | Poor perception of current health | Perception of change in state of health being worse | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Living with spouse and other members | Living with spouse only | Living without-spouse but with children/relatives | Living alone | Independent | Partially dependent | Fully dependent | ||||
Total | 50.3 | 14.1 | 31.5 | 4.2 | 30.1 | 22.9 | 47.0 | 7.6 | 19.6 | 21.0 |
Age group (years) | ||||||||||
60–69 | 54.9 | 16.0 | 25.1 | 4.1 | 35.0 | 23.9 | 41.2 | 4.5 | 13.6 | 16.2 |
70–79 | 44.2 | 11.5 | 39.9 | 4.5 | 23.1 | 22.5 | 54.4 | 9.3 | 26.8 | 26.3 |
80 and above | 31.7 | 7.3 | 57.1 | 4.0 | 12.3 | 17.0 | 70.8 | 27.5 | 46.0 | 43.7 |
Place of Residence | ||||||||||
Rural | 51.1 | 13.4 | 31.1 | 4.4 | 28.5 | 24.5 | 47.0 | 7.6 | 21.4 | 22.8 |
Urban | 48.6 | 15.5 | 32.2 | 3.7 | 33.3 | 19.7 | 47.0 | 7.5 | 16.1 | 17.3 |
Gender | ||||||||||
Male | 64.1 | 17.9 | 16.4 | 1.6 | 50.9 | 22.9 | 26.1 | 6.2 | 17.4 | 19.6 |
Female | 37.0 | 10.4 | 46.0 | 6.6 | 10.0 | 23.0 | 67.1 | 8.9 | 21.7 | 22.4 |
Marital Status | ||||||||||
Never Married/ | 4.6 | 3.6 | 69.6 | 22.2 | 37.3 | 17.1 | 45.6 | 8.4 | 21.7 | 19.4 |
Currently married | 74.8 | 21.7 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 38.3 | 23.1 | 38.6 | 5.3 | 16.2 | 18.6 |
Widowed | 5.4 | 0.2 | 83.4 | 11.0 | 14.5 | 22.7 | 62.8 | 11.9 | 26.0 | 25.6 |
Surviving Children | ||||||||||
At least one child | 52.1 | 12.8 | 31.5 | 3.6 | 29.1 | 23.5 | 47.5 | 7.6 | 19.7 | 21.3 |
No child | 8.9 | 43.5 | 31.4 | 16.1 | 53.1 | 11.3 | 35.6 | 7.4 | 17.3 | 15.0 |
Social Groups | ||||||||||
ST | 48.7 | 12.6 | 34.5 | 4.2 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 49.1 | 6.4 | 17.6 | 15.7 |
SC | 51.1 | 14.4 | 30.2 | 4.2 | 29.0 | 25.2 | 45.8 | 7.6 | 21.3 | 22.6 |
OBC | 48.3 | 13.1 | 34.3 | 4.3 | 28.5 | 23.8 | 47.7 | 8.0 | 18.8 | 20.8 |
General | 52.6 | 15.4 | 28.0 | 4.0 | 33.4 | 20.3 | 46.3 | 7.2 | 20.2 | 21.3 |
Education | ||||||||||
Illiterate | 44.9 | 11.3 | 38.8 | 5.0 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 55.5 | 8.7 | 21.8 | 23.5 |
Up to primary | 54.0 | 13.2 | 29.4 | 3.4 | 29.5 | 26.0 | 44.5 | 7.6 | 20.2 | 20.3 |
Up to secondary | 60.1 | 17.8 | 19.8 | 2.4 | 42.0 | 22.2 | 35.8 | 5.4 | 16.9 | 18.5 |
Above Secondary | 57.0 | 25.4 | 13.8 | 3.8 | 61.8 | 15.0 | 23.2 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 12.8 |
Household occupation | ||||||||||
Self employed | 58.0 | 9.2 | 32.1 | 0.8 | 30.3 | 22.6 | 47.1 | 7.3 | 18.9 | 21.1 |
Regular Wages | 56.3 | 3.5 | 39.7 | 0.5 | 21.8 | 26.0 | 52.2 | 9.3 | 17.5 | 18.4 |
Casual Labourer | 48.3 | 10.2 | 38.5 | 3.1 | 26.7 | 25.9 | 47.4 | 7.9 | 22.0 | 22.8 |
Economic quintile-Rural | ||||||||||
Poorest | 55.3 | 10.5 | 29.7 | 4.5 | 26.2 | 28.1 | 45.7 | 8.4 | 21.8 | 22.5 |
Poor | 54.2 | 6.0 | 36.7 | 3.1 | 25.4 | 25.3 | 49.3 | 7.6 | 22.3 | 20.9 |
Middle | 53.7 | 12.3 | 31.5 | 2.5 | 27.0 | 25.7 | 47.4 | 6.4 | 19.5 | 24.5 |
Rich | 49.2 | 14.5 | 31.4 | 4.8 | 29.1 | 23.5 | 47.4 | 7.2 | 21.3 | 21.8 |
Richest | 43.6 | 22.7 | 26.7 | 7.0 | 34.2 | 20.5 | 45.3 | 8.3 | 22.1 | 24.1 |
Economic quintile-Urban | ||||||||||
Poorest | 54.2 | 6.6 | 35.9 | 3.2 | 26.3 | 25.4 | 48.4 | 8.5 | 16.5 | 20.4 |
Poor | 56.0 | 7.5 | 34.3 | 2.3 | 30.6 | 19.5 | 49.9 | 7.3 | 16.9 | 17.9 |
Middle | 50.4 | 12.6 | 34.7 | 2.3 | 30.6 | 18.5 | 50.8 | 5.9 | 17.4 | 17.3 |
Rich | 45.8 | 22.2 | 27.8 | 4.3 | 35.9 | 18.6 | 45.5 | 6.8 | 14.1 | 15.1 |
Richest | 35.6 | 29.8 | 28.2 | 6.5 | 45.1 | 15.7 | 39.3 | 9.5 | 15.5 | 15.6 |