Table 4 Relation between older person characteristics and their community participation at Assiut City
Variables | Not members in geriatric club (n = 200) N (%) | Members in geriatric club (n = 100) N (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Moderate | High | Chi (P value) | Low | Moderate | High | Chi (P value) | |
Age (years) | ||||||||
60–69 | 17 (18.3%) | 58 (62.4%) | 18 (19.4%) | 18.196 (0.001*) | 19 (27.1%) | 22 (31.4%) | 29 (41.4%) | 3.106 (0.212) |
70 and more | 50 (46.7%) | 42 (39.3%) | 15 (14.0%) | 4 (13.3%) | 14 (46.7%) | 12 (40.4%) | ||
Sex | 3.428 (0.180) | |||||||
Male | 37 (33.6%) | 52 (47.3%) | 21 (19.1%) | 1.359 (0.507) | 13 (32.5%) | 13 (32.5%) | 14 (35.0%) | |
Female | 30 (33.3%) | 48 (53.3%) | 12 (13.3%) | 10 (16.7%) | 23 (38.3%) | 27 (45.0%) | ||
Marital status | ||||||||
Single | 7 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 18.238 (0.006*) | 6 (75.0%) | 2 (25.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 29.976 (< 0.001*) |
Married | 32 (29.4%) | 54 (49.5%) | 23 (21.1%) | 9 (13.6%) | 26 (39.4%) | 31 (47.0%) | ||
Divorced | 7 (35.0%) | 12 (60.0%) | 1 (5.0%) | 6 (75.0%) | 1 (12.5%) | 1 (12.5%) | ||
Widow | 21 (32.8%) | 34 (53.1%) | 9 (14.1%) | 2 (11.1%) | 7 (38.9%) | 9 (50.0%) | ||
Levels of education | ||||||||
Illiterate | 29 (37.2%) | 36 (46.2%) | 13 (16.7%) | 19.308 (0.004*) | 4 (20.0%) | 4 (20.0%) | 12 (60.0%) | 13.025 (0.043*) |
Elementary and Preparatory | 19 (47.5%) | 21 (52.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | ||
Secondary | 17 (26.6%) | 34 (53.1%) | 13 (20.3%) | 11 (23.9%) | 16 (34.8%) | 19 (41.3%) | ||
University education | 2 (11.1%) | 9 (50.0%) | 7 (38.9%) | 5 (17.9%) | 16 (57.1%) | 7 (25.0%) | ||
Occupation | ||||||||
Working | 42 (30.7%) | 68 (49.6%) | 27 (19.7%) | 3.774 (0.152) | 20 (22.2%) | 34 (37.8%) | 36 (40.0%) | 1.246 (0.536) |
Not working | 25 (39.7%) | 32 (50.8%) | 6 (9.5%) | 3 (30.0%) | 2 (20.0%) | 5 (50.0%) | ||
Residence | ||||||||
Rural | 49 (46.7%) | 48 (45.7%) | 8 (7.6%) | 22.818 (< 0.001*) | 2 (28.6%) | 3 (42.9%) | 2 (28.6%) | 0.483 (0.785) |
Urban | 18 (18.9%) | 52 (54.7%) | 25 (26.3%) | 21 (22.6%) | 33 (35.5%) | 39 (41.9%) | ||
Living condition | ||||||||
With family/his children | 38 (25.2%) | 82 (54.3%) | 31 (20.5%) | 21.130 (0.001*) | 1 (1.7%) | 28 (47.5%) | 30 (50.8%) | 37.050 (0.001*) |
Alone | 29 (59.2%) | 18 (36.7%) | 2 (4.1%) | 22 (53.7%) | 8 (19.5%) | 11 (26.8%) | ||