Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of studied elderly people (n = 235)
From: Relationship between morality, happiness, and social support among elderly people
Variables | No. | % |
|---|---|---|
Age per years | ||
60–< 65 | 111 | 47.2 |
≥ 65 | 124 | 52.8 |
Mean ±SD | 65.8 ± 5.1 | |
Range | 60–81 | |
Gender | ||
Male | 100 | 42.6 |
Female | 135 | 57.4 |
Residence | ||
Rural | 43 | 18.3 |
Urban | 192 | 81.7 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 4 | 1.7 |
Married | 133 | 56.6 |
Divorced | 7 | 3.0 |
Widowed | 91 | 38.7 |
Education | ||
Illiterate/read and write | 8 | 3.4 |
Primary education | 16 | 6.8 |
Secondary | 80 | 34.0 |
University or higher | 131 | 55.7 |
Working condition | ||
Work | 61 | 26.0 |
Do not work | 174 | 74.0 |
Previous work | ||
Worker | 6 | 2.6 |
Crafts man or farmer | 5 | 2.1 |
Free business | 3 | 1.3 |
Governmental job | 188 | 80.0 |
Housewife | 33 | 14.0 |
With whom life | ||
Wife/husband | 131 | 55.7 |
One of the sons | 44 | 18.7 |
One of the relatives | 6 | 2.6 |
Alone | 54 | 23.0 |
Income source | ||
Pension | 228 | 97.0 |
Property income | 7 | 3.0 |
Income | ||
Insufficient | 78 | 33.2 |
Sufficient | 137 | 58.3 |
Sufficient and save | 20 | 8.5 |