Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the samples, older persons 60 and over in selected East and Southeast Asian countries
S. Korea | China | Thailand | Vietnam | Myanmar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dependent variables | |||||
Social participation index (standardized) | 0.03 (1.02) | 0.01 (1.02) | 0.00 (1.00) | − 0.08 (1.01) | 0.05 (0.99) |
Psychological distress (standardized) | − 0.04 (1.00) | − 0.05 (0.98) | 0.10 (1.03) | − 0.03 (0.93) | − 0.03 (0.99) |
Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||
Female (%) | 55.8 | 50.7 | 55.9 | 57.0 | 54.0 |
Mean age (s.d.) | 70.37 (7.85) | 69.26 (7.57) | 69.24 (7.47) | 70.71 (8.38) | 70.46 (7.86) |
Currently married (%) | 71.1 | 74.3 | 64.7 | 68.5 | 54.2 |
Mean number of children (s.d.) | 3.34 (1.44) | 3.20 (1.63) | 3.51 (2.13) | 4.69 (2.38) | 4.27 (2.44) |
Educational attainment (%) | |||||
No education | 19.6 | 36.3 | 11.8 | 18.4 | 22.1 |
Some primary | 4.0 | 19.2 | 4.7 | 31.7 | 44.8 |
Complete primary | 28.7 | 23 | 72.7 | 17.7 | 14.9 |
Secondary and beyond | 47.7 | 21.5 | 10.7 | 32.2 | 18.1 |
Have pension (%) | 34.2 | 49.6 | 7.5 | 18.4 | 8.3 |
Worked last year (%) | 31.4 | 37.8 | 42.7 | 38.8 | 29.9 |
Urban (%) | 73.5 | 48.9 | 33.5 | 32.9 | 31.4 |
Household wealth index (standardized) | 0.04 (1.04) | 0.10 (1.04) | 0.00 (1.00) | 0.20 (1.02) | 0.05 (1.00) |
Self-rated health | 3.90 (0.88) | 3.15 (0.92) | 2.70 (0.82) | 3.69 (0.73) | 2.84 (0.87) |
Solitary living (%) | 14.7 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
Unweighted N | 5,289 | 7,453 | 34,173 | 2,789 | 4,080 |