Table 1 Distribution of the older persons according to their characteristics in Assiut City
Variables | Not members in geriatric club (n = 200) | Members in geriatric club (n = 100) | Chi or t value | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | |||
Age (years) | 14.838 | < 0.001* | ||||
60–69 | 93 | 46.5 | 70 | 70.0 | ||
70 and more | 107 | 53.5 | 30 | 30.0 | ||
Mean ± SD | 70.87 ± 7.25 | 66.81 ± 5.64 | 5.330 | < 0.001* | ||
Sex | 5.415 | 0.020* | ||||
Male | 110 | 55.0 | 40 | 40.0 | ||
Female | 90 | 45.0 | 60 | 60.0 | ||
Marital status | 9.278 | 0.026* | ||||
Single | 7 | 3.5 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
Married | 109 | 54.5 | 66 | 66.0 | ||
Divorced | 20 | 10.0 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
Widow | 64 | 32.0 | 18 | 18.0 | ||
Levels of education | 35.148 | < 0.001* | ||||
Illiterate | 78 | 39.0 | 20 | 20.0 | ||
Elementary and preparatory | 40 | 20.0 | 6 | 6.0 | ||
Secondary | 64 | 32.0 | 46 | 46.0 | ||
University education | 18 | 9.0 | 28 | 28.0 | ||
Occupation | 15.590 | < 0.001* | ||||
Working | 137 | 68.5 | 90 | 90.0 | ||
Not working | 63 | 31.5 | 10 | 10.0 | ||
Residence | 57.064 | < 0.001* | ||||
Rural | 105 | 52.5 | 7 | 7.0 | ||
Urban | 95 | 47.5 | 93 | 93.0 | ||
Living condition | 8.643 | 0.003* | ||||
With family/his children | 151 | 75.5 | 59 | 59.0 | ||
Alone | 49 | 24.5 | 41 | 41.0 | ||