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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by residence, LASI 2017–2018

From: A combination of moderate and vigorous physical activities reduces the burden of multimorbidity: findings from Longitudinal Ageing Study in India

Characteristics

Rural

Urban

All

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age

7133

18.44

4072

19.97

11,165

18.90

45–49

5997

15.51

3539

17.35

9488

16.06

50–54

5789

14.97

3143

15.41

8921

15.10

55–59

6206

16.05

2781

13.64

9051

15.32

60–64

5632

14.56

3057

14.99

8678

14.69

65–69

7921

20.48

3801

18.64

11,770

19.93

70+

7133

18.44

4072

19.97

11,165

18.90

Gender

Male

18,051

46.67

8929

43.78

27,055

45.80

Female

20,629

53.33

11,464

56.22

32,018

54.20

Wealth quintiles

Poorest

7959

20.58

4538

22.25

12,453

21.08

Poorer

8446

21.83

4070

19.96

12,565

21.27

Middle

8123

21.00

3866

18.96

12,043

20.39

Richer

7546

19.51

4079

20.00

11,611

19.66

Richest

6607

17.08

3840

18.83

10,401

17.61

Caste

SC

8631

22.31

2592

12.71

15,802

26.75

ST

4196

10.85

644

3.16

11,475

19.42

OBC

17,008

43.97

9861

48.35

5042

8.54

Others

8844

22.87

7296

35.78

26,754

45.29

Religion

Hindu

32,466

83.94

16,156

79.22

48,746

82.52

Muslim

3743

9.68

2894

14.19

6519

11.04

Others

2470

6.39

1343

6.59

3808

6.45

Marital status

Currently married

28,891

74.69

14,656

71.87

43,621

73.84

Widowed

8865

22.92

4961

24.33

13,789

23.34

Divorced/separated/deserted/others

924

2.39

776

3.81

1663

2.81

Education

No schooling

23,088

59.69

6070

29.76

29,943

50.69

< 5 years complete

4547

11.75

1991

9.76

6590

11.16

5–9 years

7230

18.69

5163

25.32

12,220

20.69

> 10 years

3815

9.86

7169

35.15

10,321

17.47

Physical activity

Only vigorous

3061

7.92

1416

6.95

4503

7.63

Only moderate

11,780

30.49

8119

39.84

19,654

33.30

Both moderate and vigorous

10,188

26.37

3504

17.19

13,932

23.61

Inactive

13,610

35.22

7341

36.02

20,930

35.46

Living arrangement

Living alone

1622

4.19

529

2.59

2193

3.71

Living with spouse

6724

17.38

2763

13.55

9588

16.23

Spouse and children

21,789

56.33

11,697

57.36

33,460

56.64

Children and others

7001

18.10

4465

21.89

11,367

19.24

Others only

1543

3.99

939

4.60

2465

4.17

Overweight/obesity

No

31,244

80.78

11,141

54.63

43,072

72.91

Yes

7436

19.22

9252

45.37

16,001

27.09

Region

North

4882

12.62

2602

12.76

7481

12.66

Central

9139

23.63

3017

14.79

12,388

20.97

East

10,754

27.80

2965

14.54

14,067

23.81

Northeast

1555

4.02

424

2.08

2030

3.44

West

5070

13.11

4527

22.20

9359

15.84

South

7279

18.82

6858

33.63

13,748

23.27

Total

41,305

100.00

17,768

100.00

59,073

100.00