Table 3. Correlations between social support, household size and health variables.

	Social supporta
Variables	Correlation coefficientsb
Household sizec	0.1276*
Health care services used	−0.0244
Depressione	−0.2110*
Anxietye	−0.2911*
Physical complaintsf	−0.2180*

^a = MSPSS, 12–84;

^b = Spearmann correlation:

^c = number of people in the household;

^d = number of health care contacts;

^e = HADS, 0–21;

^f = GBB 24, 0–96;

^*P<.05.