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India
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Sample size (N)
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Mean Age (years)
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67.5
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42,762
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Age group (years)
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60–69
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66.1
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27,769
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70–79
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25.9
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11,235
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80 and above
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8.0
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3758
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Place of Residence
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Rural
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67.1
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23,599
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Urban
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32.9
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19,163
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Gender
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Male
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49.1
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21,902
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Female
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50.9
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20,858
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Marital Status
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Never Married/ divorced/ separated
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0.9
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395
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Currently married
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64.7
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29,324
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Widowed
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34.4
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13,043
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Surviving Children
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At least one surviving child
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95.7
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41,409
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No child
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4.3
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1353
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Social Groups
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ST
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6.2
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3913
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SC
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17.4
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6133
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OBC
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42.3
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16,519
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General
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34.3
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16,197
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Education
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Illiterate
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54.1
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20,194
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Up to primary
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21.1
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9375
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Up to secondary
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14.3
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7752
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Above Secondary
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10.5
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5441
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Household occupation
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Self employed
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48.1
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20,986
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Regular Wages
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15.5
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8536
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Casual Labourer
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20.0
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6709
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Others
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16.5
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6531
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Economic quintile-Rural
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Poorest
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19.1
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3773
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Poor
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19.0
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3945
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Middle
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21.0
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4651
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Rich
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19.5
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4949
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Richest
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21.3
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6281
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Economic quintile-Urban
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Poorest
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21.7
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4776
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Poor
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18.0
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3614
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Middle
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20.9
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3696
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Rich
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22.0
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3537
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Richest
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17.3
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3540
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- Source: Authors’ computation from unit records of NSSO 75th Round 2017–18
