. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 May 1;51(1):91–98. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318199069b

Table 3.

Age group differences in social support variables.

	Age Group

	All	Younger Adults	Older Adults	p
Social interaction	6.48 (2.58)	6.42 (2.48)	6.61 (2.82)	.74
Instrumental support	7.65 (3.42)	7.72 (3.42)	7.53 (3.48)	.80
Subjective support	16.91 (3.30)	16.42 (3.24)	17.87 (3.20)	.04

Notes. Cell values represent means and standard deviations. Observed ranges were: social interaction (1-13), instrumental support (0-12), and subjective support (10-21). Pairwise deletion was used for cases with missing data.