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. 2010 Feb 27;10:104. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-104

Table 2.

Frequency of instrumental, economic support and satisfaction in each type of social network

Diverse with community participation Diverse without community participation Widowed Nonfriends-restricted Nonfamily-restricted Total
n = 404 n = 1484 n = 1071 n = 255 n = 134 n = 3348
a Frequency of instrumental support (to perform BADL and IADL) received,^mean (SD) 3.3 (2.3) 4.3 (1.7) 3.1 (2.4) 3.7 (2.1) 2.9 (2.4) 3.7 (2.2)
Having received economic support*,% 66.1 74.3 63.6 76.9 41.8 68.8
bSatisfaction with family contacts,^mean (SD) 2.7 (0.7) 2.8 (0.5) 2.7 (0.7) 2.4 (0.9) 2.4 (0.9) 2.7 (0.7)
b Satisfaction with friends contacts^, mean (SD) 2.9 (0.4) 2.8 (0.4) 2.8 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 2.6 (0.8) 2.6 (0.9)

a Frequency of instrumental support received to perform BADL and IADL, scale of 0-5: 0 = absent, 1 = less than monthly frequency, 2 = monthly, 3 = every two weeks, 4 = weekly and 5 = daily

b Satisfaction with family and satisfaction with friend's contacts, scale of 1 to 3: where: 1 = unsatisfied; 2 = more or less satisfied; 3 = totally satisfied

^ p < 0.0001, One way analysis of variance

p < 0.005, Bonferroni multiple-comparison test

*p < 0.05, Chi-square test