Physical and mental well-being of older adults: examining the impact of financial support from male migrant children on Indian left-behind parents

Table 1 Socio economic characteristics of the study population, India 2011

Background Characteristics	No migrant Children		Having migrant children		Total
Background Characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%
Residence
Rural	1222	42.1	1194	53.7	2416	47.2
Urban	1678	57.9	1028	46.3	2706	52.8
Religion
Hindu	2389	82.4	1612	72.5	4001	78.1
Muslim	170	5.86	241	10.85	411
Sikh	222	7.66	26	10.17	448
Others	119	4.10	143	6.44	262	21.9
Social category
Scheduled caste	465	16	409	18.4	874	17.1
Scheduled tribe	151	5.2	71	3.2	222	4.3
Others backward classes	1024	35.3	698	31.4	1722	33.6
None of the above	1260	43.4	1044	47	2304	45
Wealth index
Poorest	402	13.9	367	16.5	769	15
Poor	547	18.9	358	16.1	905	17.7
Middle	575	19.8	403	18.1	978	19.1
Rich	679	23.4	492	22.1	1171	22.9
Richest	696	24	602	27.1	1298	25.3
Age Group
60–69	2122	73.2	1228	55.3	3350	65.4
70–79	579	20	685	30.8	1264	24.7
80+	199	6.9	309	13.9	508	9.9
Sex of respondent
Male	1513	52.17	1035	46.58	2548	49.75
Female	1387	47.83	1187	53.42	2575	50.25
Years of schooling
Never going to school	1,083	37.3	956	43	2,039	39.8
1–5	508	17.5	470	21.2	978	19.1
6–8	446	15.4	231	10.4	677	13.2
8–10	537	18.5	295	13.3	832	16.2
10–12	111	3.8	83	3.7	194	3.8
12 and above	21,885	7.4	187	8.4	402	7.8
Living arrangements
Living alone	88	3	146	6.6	234	4.6
Living with children	2497	86.1	1346	60.6	3843	75
Living with spouse	214	7.4	526	23.7	740	14.4
Others	101	3.5	204	9.2	305	6
Total	2900	100	2222	100	5122	100

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