Table 1 Participants' Socio-Demographic and Health Characteristics
Variable | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | Peru urban | Peru Rural | Venezuela | Mexico urban | Mexico rural | China urban | China rural | India urban | India rural | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Response rate (%) | 94 | 95 | 93 | 80 | 88 | 80 | 84 | 86 | 74 | 96 | 72 | 98 | 98 |
Achieved sample (n) | 2944 | 2011 | 2008 | 1381 | 552 | 1965 | 1003 | 1000 | 1160 | 1002 | 1005 | 999 | 914 |
Age in years (MV*) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
   Mean (SD) | 75.1 (7.0) | 75.3 (7.5) | 76.3 (7.4) | 75.0 (7.4) | 74.2 (7.3) | 72.3 (6.9) | 74.5 (6.6) | 74.1 (6.7) | 73.9 (6.2) | 72.4 (6.0) | 71.3 (6.1) | 72.6 (5.8) | 72.7 (7.6) |
Gender (MV) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
   Female (%) | 1913 (65.0%) | 1325 (65.9%) | 1347 (67.3%) | 888 (64.3%) | 295 (53.4%) | 1226 (63.5%) | 666 (66.4%) | 602 (60.2%) | 661 (57.0%) | 556 (55.5%) | 571 (57.7%) | 545 (54.6%) | 539 (59.0%) |
Education (MV) | 8 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
   Did not complete primary education (%) | 730 (24.9%) | 1414 (71.0%) | 461 (23.1%) | 127 (9.3%) | 225 (41.3%) | 601 (31.2%) | 581 (58.1%) | 837 (83.7%) | 385 (33.2%) | 693 (69.2%) | 662 (66.0%) | 855 (85.6%) | 678 (74.2%) |
Marital status (MV) | 8 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67 |
   Currently married (%) | 1271 (43.3%) | 586 (29.4%) | 967 (48.3%) | 784 (57.2%) | 308 (55.9%) | 921 (48.0%) | 470 (46.9%) | 538 (53.9%) | 829 (71.5%) | 585 (58.4%) | 523 (52.2%) | 481 (48.1%) | 581 (68.6%) |
Coresidence (MV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Â |
   Living with children (%) | 1422 (48.3%) | 963 (47.9%) | 611 (30.4%) | 890 (64.4%) | 326 (59.1%) | 1578 (80.3%) | 565 (56.3%) | 523 (52.3%) | 446 (38.4%) | 679 (67.8%) | 719 (71.5%) | 625 (62.6%) | ‡ |
Number of assets (MV) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Â |
   Median (interquartile range) | 6 (5-6) | 5 (4-6) | 7 (6-7) | 6 (6-6) | 5 (4-6) | 6 (6-7) | 6 (6-7) | 4 (3-6) | 5 (5-6) | 6 (5-7) | 4 (3-5) | 3 (2-4) | ‡ |
Pension coverage (MV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   Disclosed government and/or occupational pension (%) | 2417 (82.1%) | 611 (30.4%) | 1051 (52.3%) | 908 (65.7%) | 357 (64.7%) | 1147 (58.4%) | 729 (72.7%) | 254 (25.4%) | 1050 (90.5%) | 38 (3.8%) | 117 (11.6%) | 346 (34.6%) | 9 (1.0%) |
Health Insurance coverage (MV) | Â | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 79 |
   Possess health insurance (%) | n/a | 430 (21.4%) | 1909 (95.4%) | 1111 (80.5%) | 399 (72.3%) | 862 (43.9%) | 546 (54.4%) | 280 (28.0%) | 14 (1.2%) | 769 (76.8%) | 13 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.1%) |
Dementia (MV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   10/66 or DSM-IV criteria (%) | 323 (11.0%) | 242 (12.0%) | 233 (11.6%) | 130 (9.4%) | 36 (6.5%) | 145 (7.4%) | 93 (9.3%) | 87 (8.7%) | 84 (7.2%) | 56 (5.6%) | 75 (7.5%) | 108 (10.8%) | 87 § (9.5%) |
Depression (MV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   Any ICD-10 depressive episode (%) | 144 (4.9%) | 278 (13.8%) | 47 (2.3%) | 87 (6.3%) | 16 (2.9%) | 107 (5.5%) | 47 (4.7%) | 45 (4.5%) | 3 (0.3%) | 7 (0.7%) | 39 (3.9%) | 126 (12.6%) | 5 (0.5%) |
Physical impairments (MV) | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
   Three or more (%) | 292 (9.9%) | 465 (23.1%) | 429 (21.4%) | 224 (16.2%) | 40 (7.3%) | 489 (24.9%) | 158 (15.8%) | 185 (18.5%) | 208 (17.9%) | 39 (3.9%) | 41 (4.1%) | 168 (16.8%) | 10 (1.1%) |
Mobility restriction (MV) | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 67 |
   Severe difficulty or cannot walk one km (%) | 546 (18.6%) | 439 (21.9%) | 603 (30.1%) | 143 (10.4%) | 30 (5.4%) | 204 (10.7%) | 126 (12.6%) | 146 (14.6%) | 119 (10.3%) | 51 (5.1%) | 84 (8.4%) | 225 (22.5%) | 64 (7.6%) |