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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for women in mid-life (45–65 years), Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), wave-1, 2017–18

From: Multimorbidity among midlife women in India: well-being beyond reproductive age

Correlates

Mean (Standard Deviation)

(Maximum, Minimum)

Continuous variables

  

Age (in years)

54.4 (6.29)

(65, 45)

Parity

3.76 (2.22)

(22, 0)

Waist-hip ratio

0.92 (0.08)

(1.8, 0.26)

Correlates

Frequency (N = 23,951)

Weighted percentage

Categorical variables

  

Residence

  

Rural

15,501

69.00

Urban

8450

31.00

Religion

  

Hindu

17,514

81.85

Muslim

2978

11.36

Christian

2363

3.43

Others

1096

3.37

Social group

  

Scheduled castes

4150

20.02

Scheduled tribes

4301

8.96

Other backward class

8995

45.13

Other castes

6505

25.89

Level of education

  

No education

13,587

62.20

Less than primary

2387

8.89

Primary completed

2959

10.77

Middle completed

1940

6.58

Matric completed

1585

4.97

Intermediate complete

689

3.46

Above intermediate

804

3.14

Occupation

  

Unemployed

14,957

61.30

Blue collar

5754

27.62

White collar

417

1.24

Pink collar

560

2.27

Not classified/others

2263

7.58

Wealth

  

Deprived class

9480

41.97

Affluent class

14,471

58.03

Consumption of tobacco

  

Tobacco abstainer

19,501

82.06

Only smoking

785

2.78

Only smokeless

3545

14.83

Both smoke and smokeless tobacco

120

0.33

Ever use alcohol

  

No

22,993

97.36

Yes

958

2.64

Physical activity

  

Physically active

18,604

78.34

Physically inactive

5347

21.66

Waist-hip ratio

  

Low risk

4464

21.68

High risk

19,489

78.32

Marital status

  

Currently in union

17,725

74.49

Not in union

6226

25.51

Family history of chronic disease

  

No

14,493

61.75

Yes

9458

38.25

Living arrangements

  

Living alone or with others

1708

7.33

Living with family members

22,243

92.67

Experienced menopause

  

No

2285

6.98

Yes

20,298

87.92

Don't know

1368

5.10