Table 1 Sample characteristics of the study population, India, LASI Wave 1, 2017–18
Background characteristics | Male | Female | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Diabetes | ||||||
No | 12,594 | 83.7 | 13,927 | 85.2 | 26,521 | 84.5 |
Yes | 2,444 | 16.3 | 2,416 | 14.8 | 4,860 | 15.5 |
Hypertension | ||||||
No | 10,401 | 69.2 | 9,986 | 61.1 | 20,387 | 65.0 |
Yes | 4,640 | 30.8 | 6,355 | 38.9 | 10,995 | 35.0 |
Stroke | ||||||
No | 14,546 | 96.7 | 15,994 | 97.9 | 30,540 | 97.3 |
Yes | 495 | 3.3 | 347 | 2.1 | 842 | 2.7 |
Heart Disease | ||||||
No | 14,155 | 94.1 | 15,656 | 95.8 | 29,811 | 95.0 |
Yes | 886 | 5.9 | 686 | 4.2 | 1,572 | 5.0 |
Age group (in years) | ||||||
Young-old (60–69) | 8,961 | 59.4 | 10,013 | 61.2 | 18,974 | 60.3 |
Old-old (70–79) | 4,545 | 30.1 | 4,556 | 27.8 | 9,101 | 28.9 |
Oldest-old (80 +) | 1,592 | 10.5 | 1,797 | 11.0 | 3,389 | 10.8 |
Education | ||||||
No education | 5479 | 36.3 | 11,410 | 69.7 | 16,889 | 53.7 |
Primary | 4479 | 29.7 | 3,081 | 18.8 | 7,560 | 24.0 |
Secondary | 3307 | 21.9 | 1,307 | 8.0 | 4,614 | 14.7 |
Higher | 1833 | 12.1 | 568 | 3.5 | 2,401 | 7.6 |
Marital status | ||||||
Currently married | 12,398 | 82.1 | 7,522 | 46.0 | 19,920 | 63.3 |
Widowed | 2,293 | 15.2 | 8,426 | 51.5 | 10,719 | 34.1 |
Othersa | 407 | 2.7 | 418 | 2.6 | 825 | 2.6 |
Working status | ||||||
Never worked | 755 | 5.0 | 8,021 | 49.0 | 8776 | 27.9 |
Currently working | 6,331 | 41.9 | 2,976 | 18.2 | 9307 | 29.6 |
Not currently working | 8,008 | 53.1 | 5,365 | 32.8 | 13,373 | 42.5 |
Currently smoke tobacco | ||||||
No | 11,274 | 75.5 | 15,557 | 95.7 | 26,831 | 86.0 |
Yes | 3,667 | 24.5 | 706 | 4.3 | 4,373 | 14.0 |
Currently chew tobacco | ||||||
No | 11,461 | 76.7 | 13,749 | 84.5 | 25,210 | 80.8 |
Yes | 3,480 | 23.3 | 2,514 | 15.5 | 5,994 | 19.2 |
Alcohol consumption | ||||||
No | 10,263 | 68.7 | 15,583 | 95.8 | 25,846 | 82.8 |
Yes | 4,679 | 31.3 | 685 | 4.2 | 5,364 | 17.2 |
MPCE quintile | ||||||
Poorest | 3,035 | 20.1 | 3,449 | 21.1 | 6,484 | 20.6 |
Poorer | 3,068 | 20.3 | 3,409 | 20.8 | 6,477 | 20.6 |
Middle | 3,064 | 20.3 | 3,352 | 20.5 | 6,416 | 20.4 |
Richer | 2,990 | 19.8 | 3,180 | 19.4 | 6,170 | 19.6 |
Richest | 2,941 | 19.5 | 2,976 | 18.2 | 5,917 | 18.8 |
Religion | ||||||
Hindu | 11,078 | 73.4 | 11,959 | 73.1 | 23,037 | 73.2 |
Muslim | 1,804 | 11.9 | 1,927 | 11.8 | 3,731 | 11.9 |
Christian | 1,468 | 9.7 | 1,682 | 10.3 | 3,150 | 10.0 |
Othersb | 748 | 5.0 | 797 | 4.9 | 1,545 | 4.9 |
Caste | ||||||
Scheduled Caste | 2,448 | 16.7 | 2,692 | 17.1 | 5,140 | 16.9 |
Scheduled Tribe | 2,436 | 16.6 | 2,737 | 17.3 | 5,173 | 17.0 |
Other Backward Class | 5,781 | 39.5 | 6,105 | 38.7 | 11,886 | 39.1 |
Others | 3,970 | 27.1 | 4,248 | 26.9 | 8,218 | 27.0 |
Place of residence | ||||||
Rural | 10,077 | 66.7 | 10,648 | 65.1 | 20,725 | 65.9 |
Urban | 5,021 | 33.3 | 5,718 | 34.9 | 10,739 | 34.1 |
Region | ||||||
North | 2,799 | 18.5 | 3,013 | 18.4 | 5,812 | 18.5 |
Central | 2,155 | 14.3 | 2,107 | 12.9 | 4,262 | 13.6 |
East | 2,863 | 19.0 | 2,894 | 17.7 | 5,757 | 18.3 |
Northeast | 1,782 | 11.8 | 1,970 | 12.0 | 3,752 | 11.9 |
West | 1,953 | 12.9 | 2,350 | 14.4 | 4,303 | 13.7 |
South | 3,546 | 23.5 | 4,032 | 24.6 | 7,578 | 24.1 |
Overall | 15,098 | 100.0 | 16,366 | 100.0 | 31,464 | 100.0 |