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Table 1 Socio-demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of a population-based sample (N = 1890) of elderly people in Kosovo, 2011

From: Prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of chronic morbidity among elderly people in Kosovo: a population-based survey

Variable

Sample number (percentage)

Weighted percentage (95% CI)*

Sex:

  

Men

949 (50.2)

46.4 (46.2–46.7)

Women

941 (49.8)

53.6 (53.3–53.8)

Age:

  

65–74 years

607 (32.1)

64.9 (64.6–65.1)

75–84 years

675 (35.7)

30.4 (30.1–30.6)

≥85 years

608 (32.2)

4.8 (4.7–4.9)

Place of residence:

  

Rural area

973 (51.5)

62.1 (61.8–62.3)

Urban area

917 (48.5)

37.9 (37.6–38.2)

Educational level:

  

0 years

836 (44.7)

33.7 (33.5–34.0)

1–8 years

832 (44.4)

54.1 (53.8–54.3)

≥9 years

204 (10.9)

12.2 (12.0–12.4)

Marital status:

  

Currently married

797 (42.8)

45.3 (45.0–45.6)

Other

1064 (57.2)

54.7 (54.4–55.0)

Self-perceived poverty:

  

Not poor

920 (49.7)

52.2 (51.9–52.5)

Poor

930 (50.3)

47.8 (47.5–48.1)

Access to medical care:

  

Able

1087 (57.5)

58.3 (58.1–58.5)

Unable

803 (42.5)

41.7 (41.4–41.9)

Reasons for not accessing medical care:

  

Can’t afford the costs

682 (84.9)

87.7 (87.4–87.9)

Services too far away

64 (8.0)

8.0 (7.8–8.2)

Too sick for seeking care

57 (7.1)

4.3 (4.1–4.5)

  1. * Percentages and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI; in parentheses) were weighted for age-, sex- and-residence in accordance with the respective strata weights in the sampling frame.
  2. Widowed, separated or divorced.
  3. Analysis restricted to individuals who were unable to access medical care (n = 803).