Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by sex in urban and rural areas for the elderly population
Rural(N = 2, 799) | Urban(1, 925) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Socioeconomic variables | Women(1333) % | Men(1466) % | Women(1 044) % | Men(881) % |
Mean age in years(95 % CI) | 64.9(64.4, 65.5) | 64.1(63.6, 64.7) | 64.7(64.0, 65.4) | 62.65(62.0, 63.3) |
Age group (years) | ||||
50–59 | 36.2 | 39.0 | 39.5 | 47.2 |
60–69 | 26.3 | 29.8 | 26.0 | 28.4 |
70–79 | 27.2 | 21.1 | 23.4 | 17.4 |
80+ | 10.3 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 7.0 |
Educational level | ||||
No formal education | 78.8 | 53.7 | 60.4 | 35.0 |
Primary Education | 14.5 | 22.1 | 19.4 | 19.8 |
Secondary education | 5.9 | 20.7 | 16.8 | 36.4 |
University/postgraduate | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 8.2 |
Missing | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
Marital Status | ||||
Never Married | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
Currently married/Cohabiting | 36.0 | 84.0 | 29.2 | 82.1 |
Separated/Divorced | 16.4 | 7.4 | 20.5 | 9.3 |
Widowed | 46.0 | 7.0 | 47.8 | 6.8 |
Missing | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Type of Worka | ||||
Professional | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 5.2 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 67.4 | 82.5 | 42.4 | 61.0 |
Technical | 4.6 | 5.1 | 10.3 | 13.5 |
Elementary occupation | 10.2 | 2.2 | 29.1 | 10.1 |
Missing | 17.7 | 9.1 | 16.9 | 10.2 |
Socio-economic status | ||||
Poorest | 27.5 | 27.0 | 11.8 | 6.0 |
Poor | 27.2 | 22.9 | 14.0 | 10.8 |
Middle | 23.3 | 22.4 | 17.1 | 15.0 |
Upper fifth | 15.3 | 17.5 | 24.6 | 24.4 |
Wealthiest | 6.6 | 10.2 | 32.2 | 43.6 |
Missing | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |