Health Status and the Demand for Healthcare among the Elderly in the Rural Quoc-Oai District of Hanoi in Vietnam

Table 3

Functioning assessment according to general characteristics.

Variables	Functional limitation			Post hoc
	Mean	SD
Age groups
60 s				a < b < c
70 s
Over 80
Gender
Male
Female
Ethnicity
Kinh
Non-Kinh
Location
Plain
Mountain
Marital status
Married/reunion				a < c
Single/divorced/separated
Widowed
Education
Under primary				a > b, c, d
Primary
Secondary
High school and higher
Religion
Yes
No
Working status
Unemployed & retired
Still working
Household size
1-2 people
3-4 people
5-6 people
Over 7 people
Wealth quintile
Richest
Richer
Middle
Poorer
Poorest
Health insurance
Yes
No
Recent smoker
Yes
No
Drinks in a month
Yes
No
Self-rated health status
Good
Normal
Bad
BMI
Severely underweight				b, c, d, e < a  d < c
Moderately underweight
Mildly underweight
Normal range
Overweight
Number of NCDs
0				,
1
2
3 and over

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