Improved Health Status and Life Satisfaction among Older People following Self-Help Group Intervention in Jakarta
Table 2
The sociodemographic variables of older people at baseline ( = 208).
Variable
Intervention
Control
Frequency
Percentage
Frequency
Percentage
Age in years
≤64 years
44
42.7
36
34.3
65–69 years
36
35.0
32
30.5
≥70 years
23
22.3
37
35.2
Gender
Male
21
20.4
31
29.5
Female
82
79.6
74
70.5
Marriage status
Married
69
67.0
58
55.2
Widow/widower
34
33.0
47
44.8
Race
Betawi
44
42.7
38
36.2
Javanese
29
28.2
45
42.9
Sundanese
30
29.1
22
21.0
Education
Not educated
2
1.9
10
9.5
Secondary school
63
61.2
63
60.0
Tertiary school
38
36.9
32
30.5
Working status
Employed
45
43.7
27
25.7
Pensioners
58
56.3
78
74.3
Number of family members caring older people
<3
77
74.8
67
63.8
≥3
26
25.2
38
36.2
Relationship with older people
Spouse
29
28.2
30
28.6
Son/daughter
60
58.3
56
53.3
Others
14
13.6
19
18.1
Betawi: An Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta); Sundanese: are an ethnic group native to the western part of the Indonesian island of Java; Javanese: are an ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Java.
