Distribution of Seven Indicators of household decision making by socio-economic and

demographic characteristics of elderly among tribal’s community

Health Purchasi Daily Visiting
Children Expenditure
Cooking in Care for ng Major Expenditure Relatives,
Characteristics household Sick
Educatio
Househol of the Friends ,
regarding
n self Income
Person ds Items household Siblings
Respondent age
Young Old “60 to 69” 26(43.3) 110(64.0) 95(61.7) 107(60.1) 102(60.7) 107(58.2) 121(61.7)
Old Old “70 to 79” 28(46.7) 53(30.8) 48(31.2) 56(31.5) 54(32.1) 60(32.6) 57(29.1)
Older Old “80 and
6(10.0) 9(5.2) 11(7.1) 15(8.4) 12(7.1) 17(9.2) 18(9.2)
above”
X2 value 8.63* 14.06** 5.80* 3.93+ 6.55* 2.64+ 4.18+
Gender
Male 32(53.3) 97(56.4) 90(58.4) 99(55.6) 98(58.3) 99(53.8) 110(56.1)
Female 28(46.7) 75(43.6) 64(41.6) 79(44.4) 70(41.7) 85(46.2) 86(43.9)
X2 value .10+ 3.07* 5.05* 2.33+ 5.69** .80+ 3.52*
Marital Status
Married 18(30.0) 35(20.3) 35(22.7) 45(25.3) 39(23.2) 47(25.5) 49(25.0)
Others 42(70.0) 137(79.7) 119(77.3) 133(74.5) 129(76.8) 137(74.5) 147(75.0)
X2 value .80+ 9.57*** 17.16*** 13.92*** 18.38*** 14.03*** 17.76***
Education Status
Illiterate 54(90.0) 154(89.5) 139(90.3) 160(89.9) 150(89.3) 168(91.3) 177(90.3)
Others 6(10.0) 18(10.5) 15(9.7) 18(10.1) 18(10.7) 16(8.7) 19(9.7)
X2 value 1.73+ 9.52** 5.40* 8.52** 10.24*** 3.65* 8.19**
Social Status
Extreme Low 42(70.0) 92(53.5) 89(57.8) 98(55.1) 88(52.4) 101(54.9) 101(51.5)
Low 8(13.3) 33(19.2) 29(18.8) 33(18.5) 31(18.5) 34(18.5) 35(17.9)
Middle 6(10.0) 32(18.6) 26(16.9) 31(17.4) 35(20.8) 32(17.4) 39(19.9)
High 4(6.7) 15(8.7) 10(6.5) 16(9.0) 14(8.3) 17(9.2) 21(10.7)
X2 value 16.553** 7.093+ 13.909** 11.525** 5.458+ 12.226** 9.479*
Economic Status
Extreme Low 15(25.0) 25(14.5) 21(13.6) 28(15.7) 20(11.9) 30(16.3) 32(16.3)
Low 5(8.3) 39(22.7) 32(20.8) 40(22.5) 38(22.6) 45(24.5) 50(25.5)
Middle 23(38.3) 68(39.5) 59(38.3) 68(38.2) 67(39.9) 66(35.9) 69(35.2)
High 17(28.3) 40(23.3) 42(27.3) 42(23.6) 43(25.6) 43(23.4) 45(23.0)
X2 value 22.848*** 25.254*** 37.580*** 26.319*** 36.826*** 21.942*** 21.168***
Family Type
Nuclear 33(55.0) 65(37.8) 67(43.5) 68(38.2) 67(39.9) 68(37.0) 65(33.2)
Joint 27(45.0) 107(62.2) 87(56.5) 110(61.8) 101(60.1) 116(63.0) 131(66.8)
X2 value 50.564*** 54.654*** 80.537*** 61.050*** 66.067*** 56.031*** 37.197***
Household Headship
Male 48(80.0) 149(86.6) 133(86.4) 148(83.1) 141(83.9) 155(84.2) 168(85.7)
Female 12(12.0) 23(13.4) 21(13.6) 30(16.9) 27(16.1) 29(15.8) 28(14.3)
X2 value .670+ 19.734*** 15.503*** 9.635** 10.633** 13.557*** 21.230***
BPL Card
Yes 40(66.7) 101(58.7) 98(63.6) 114(64.0) 110(65.5) 117(63.6) 122(62.2)
2
X value .331+ 2.903* .007+ .064+ .566+ .007+ .220+
***P<0.0001; ** P<0.01; *P<0.05; +P<0.1