Table 3

Sex-stratified contribution of predictor variables based on decomposition analysis for IADL among older population aged 60 years and above, WHO-SAGE 2007–2008

Covariates	Mean	Beta	CI	Contribution to CI	% Contribution	Adjusted % contribution
Male
Poor	0.41	0.252**	−0.58	−0.10	62.90	61.83
Tobacco use	0.73	0.000	−0.06	0.00	0.00
Illiterate	0.54	0.233**	−0.21	−0.04	26.98	26.52
SC/ST	0.23	−0.030	−0.24	0.00	−1.73
Muslim	0.13	0.120	−0.11	0.00	1.61	1.59
Rural	0.76	0.060	−0.11	−0.01	5.18	5.09
Married	0.84	−0.200**	0.01	0.00	2.28	2.25
Older (70+)	0.39	0.402**	−0.02	0.00	2.77	2.73
IADL	0.6		−0.2	−0.2	100.0	100.0
Female
Poor	0.42	−0.060	−0.58	0.02	−45.38
Tobacco use	0.35	0.070	−0.09	0.00	7.60	4.74
Illiterate	0.84	0.000	−0.08	0.00	0.23	0.14
SC/ST	0.21	0.145†	−0.26	−0.01	26.32	16.43
Muslim	0.10	0.509**	−0.16	−0.01	27.12	16.93
Rural	0.72	0.290**	−0.12	−0.03	79.52	49.64
Married	0.45	−0.244**	0.05	−0.01	19.42	12.12
Older (70+)	0.37	0.551**	0.02	0.01	−14.81
IADL	0.90		−0.04	−0.03	100.0	100.0

Significant levels: **<0.01; †<0.10.
IADL, Instrumental Activity of Daily Living; SAGE, Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health.