| Variables | Number | Living arrangement (%) | Chi square test | |||
| Alone | Spouse | Family | ||||
| Sex | Male | 522 | 4.8 | 14.9 | 80.3 | 0.000 |
| Female | 555 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 83.7 | ||
| Marital Status | Married | 672 | 0.4 | 22.5 | 77.1 | 0.000 |
| Widow/widower | 596 | 10.9 | 0.2 | 88.9 | ||
| Others | 45 | 31.1 | 4.4 | 64.4 | ||
| Ethnicity | Brahmin | 136 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 79.4 | 0.087 |
| Chhetri | 258 | 5.8 | 15.9 | 78.3 | ||
| Newar | 268 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 84.0 | ||
| Tamang | 295 | 6.1 | 12.9 | 81.0 | ||
| Dalit | 46 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 93.5 | ||
| Other** | 57 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 79.0 | ||
| SRH* | Good | 379 | 6.1 | 13.5 | 80.5 | 0.132 |
| Average | 677 | 6.5 | 12.6 | 80.9 | ||
| Worse | 251 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 87.3 | ||
| Income Situation | Less adequate | 389 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 77.4 | 0.000 |
| Just Adequate | 828 | 4.7 | 12.0 | 83.3 | ||
| More than adequate | 94 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 90.4 | ||
| Age | 60 - 69 | 748 | 5.3 | 13.4 | 81.3 | 0.100 |
| 70 - 70 | 397 | 7.6 | 10.6 | 81.9 | ||
| 80+ | 168 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 85.8 | ||
| Feeling of insecurity | yes | 245 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 76.7 | 0.031 |
| no | 449 | 6.5 | 10.9 | 82.6 | ||