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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of respondents in IFLS-4 (2007/08), stratified by sex/gender

From: Effects of social network diversity in the disablement process: a comparison of causal inference methods and an outcome-wide approach to the Indonesian Family Life Surveys, 2007–2015

Covariates

Total

(N = 3060)

Men

(n = 1477, 48%)

Women

(n = 1583, 52%)

p-value

n (%) or mean ± SD

n (%) or mean ± SD

n (%) or mean ± SD

Social network index

 SNI score

4.15 (1.14)

4.18 (1.02)

4.12 (1.23)

0.147

 Low SNI

1840 (60)

890 (60)

950 (60)

0.890

 High SNI

1220 (40)

587 (40)

633 (40)

 

Age group

 50–57 years

1736 (57)

813 (55)

923 (58)

0.069

 57+ years

1324 (43)

664 (45)

660 (42)

 

Education

 No schooling

553 (18)

145 (10)

408 (26)

< 0.001

 Elementary school

1706 (56)

847 (57)

859 (54)

 

 High school

631 (21)

369 (25)

262 (17)

 

 University

170 (6)

116 (8)

54 (3)

 

Household PCE1

 First (poorest)

735 (24)

363 (25)

372 (23)

0.336

 Second

783 (26)

388 (26)

395 (25)

 

 Third

770 (25)

350 (24)

420 (27)

 

 Fourth (richest)

772 (25)

376 (25)

396 (25)

 

Living area

 Rural

1611 (53)

812 (55)

799 (50)

0.013

 Urban

1449 (47)

665 (45)

784 (50)

 

Residential stability

 Moved once or more since 2000

280 (9)

167 (11)

113 (7)

< 0.001

 Did not move since year 2000

2780 (91)

1310 (89)

1470 (93)

 

Smoking

 Yes

1259 (41)

1132 (77)

127 (8)

< 0.001

 No

1801 (59)

345 (23)

1456 (92)

 

Body mass index2

 Obese

385 (13)

117 (8)

268 (17)

< 0.001

 Overweight

1010 (33)

429 (29)

581 (37)

 

 Underweight

1211 (40)

698 (47)

513 (32)

 

 Normal weight

454 (15)

233 (16)

221 (14)

 

Physical activity level

 Less active

553 (18)

236 (16)

317 (20)

< 0.001

 Moderately active

1503 (49)

554 (38)

949 (60)

 

 Vigorously active

1004 (33)

687 (47)

317 (20)

 

Self-rated health

 Bad

548 (18)

218 (15)

330 (21)

< 0.001

 Good

2512 (82)

1259 (85)

1253 (79)

 

Self-reported depressive symptoms

 Yes

1064 (35)

528 (36)

536 (34)

 

 No

1996 (65)

949 (64)

1047 (66)

0.273

Health check-up in the past 5 years3

 No

2776 (91)

1329 (90)

1447 (91)

0.173

 Yes

284 (9)

148 (10)

136 (9)

 

Health insurance coverage4

 No

2177 (71)

1033 (70)

1144 (72)

0.155

 Yes

883 (29)

444 (30)

439 (28)

 

NCD morbidity5

 Multiple NCDs

25 (1)

14 (1)

11 (1)

0.262

 Single NCD

273 (9)

121 (8)

152 (10)

 

 None

2762 (90)

1342 (91)

1420 (89)

 

Disability6

 ADL and IADL

256 (8)

54 (4)

202 (13)

< 0.001

 ADL or IADL

625 (21)

152 (10)

473 (30)

 

 No disability

2179 (71)

1271 (86)

908 (57)

 
  1. Annotations Table 2:
  2. 1) Monthly household per capita expenditure in Indonesian rupiah (IDR); the mean household PCE amount equals ca. USD 59 (IDR 1 = USD 0.0001107690 as of midyear 2007)
  3. 2) Based on the BMI cut-off points suggested for Asian populations: < 18.48 = underweight; 18.50–22.99 = normal weight; 23.00–27.49 = overweight; > 27.50 = obese. Source: WHO Expert Consultation. Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies. Lancet. 2004 363(9403):157–63
  4. 3) Information taken from IFLS-5 (2014/15)
  5. 4) Includes health insurance programmes from ASKES, ASTEK/Jamsostek, employer provided medical reimbursement, employer provided clinic, private health insurance, savings-related insurance, JAMKESMAS, JAMKESDA, JAMKESSOS, JAMPERSAL, or ASURANSI MANDIRI
  6. 5) The crude measure of baseline NCD morbidity includes self-reported physician diagnoses of asthma, other chronic lung diseases, cancer or malignant tumours, diabetes or high blood sugar, heart attacks, coronary heart diseases, angina, other heart problems, and strokes
  7. 6) In the IFLS questionnaires, three IADL items across wave 4 and wave 5 were not identical. The following items have been compared in IFLS-4 and IFLS-5, respectively: (i) performing household chores vs sweeping the floor; (ii) shopping for groceries vs visiting a friend in the same village; and (iii) managing money vs taking a trip out of town