. 2012 Jun 13;113(1):355–372. doi: 10.1007/s11205-012-0097-6

Table 1.

Mean score of key variables per age group

	Age Group				F
	18–54	55–64	65–74	75+	F
N	3,892	1,171	637	210
Social integration
Social gatherings (4,…,28)	15.43^a (4.3)	13.82^b (3.6)	13.23^b,c (3.9)	12.68^c (4.1)	95.04**
Close contacts (0,…,5)	.62^a (1.2)	.63^a (1.2)	.51^a,b (1.1)	.38^b (.9)	4.14**
Satisfaction close contacts (0,…,10)	7.18^a (1.6)	7.52^b (1.6)	7.76^b (1.4)	7.52^b (1.8)	32.73**
Feeling of social integration (1,…,7)	4.66^a (1.5)	5.06^b (1.4)	5.14^b (1.4)	5.10^b (1.5)	34.55**
Loneliness scale (6,…,18)	7.92^a,b (2.5)	7.70^a (2.2)	7.86^a,b (2.1)	8.10^b (2.4)	3.29*
Leisure activity
Voluntary work	.30^a (.5)	.46^b,c (.5)	.51^c (.5)	.41^b (.5)	64.45**
Cultural activities	.87^a (.3)	.82^a (.4)	.81^a (.4)	.74^b (.4)	15.14**
Holiday	.88^a (.3)	.84^a (.4)	.85^a (.4)	.71^b (.5)	21.41**
Sports	.59^a (.5)	.52^a,b (.5)	.48^b (.5)	.32^c (.5)	28.47**
TV	.96^a (.2)	.98^a (.1)	.98^a (.1)	.98^a (.2)	5.10*
Radio	.83^a (.4)	.85^a (.4)	.82^a,b (.4)	.77^b (.4)	3.16*
Books	.53^a (.5)	.54^a (5.)	.57^a (.5)	.58^a (.5)	1.96
Hobbies	.48^a (.5)	.54^a,b (.5)	.62^b (.5)	.54^a (.5)	16.90**
Computer	.97^a (.2)	.92^b (.3)	.87^c (.3)	.75^d (.4)	89.93**
Shopping	.75^a,b (.4)	.79^b (.4)	.79^b (.4)	.71^a (.5)	3.87**
Close contact
Partner	.56^a (.5)	.46^b (.5)	.37^c (.5)	.27^d (.4)	10.19**
Parent	.39^a (.5)	.05^b (.2)	.00^b (.1)	.00^b (.2)	337.64**
Sibling	.28^a (.4)	.24^a,b (.4)	.19^b (.4)	.10^c (.3)	18.39**
Child	.09^a (.3)	.41^b (.5)	.49^c (.5)	.55^c (.5)	421.96**
Colleague	.16^a (.4)	.13^a (.3)	.04^b (.2)	.03^b (.2)	28.64**
Club	.04^a (.2)	.06^a,b (.2)	.08^b (.3)	.04^a (.2)	12.51**
Neighbor	.06^a (.2)	.09^a,b (.3)	.11^b (.3)	.10^b (.3)	12.75**
Friend	.61^a (.5)	.48^b (.5)	.39^b,c (.5)	.31^c (.4)	70.10**

Standard deviations between parentheses

Variables “voluntary work” to “friend” are binary variables (0 or 1)

^a,b,c,dHomogeneous subsets for alpha =.05 with Scheffe’s post hoc test

* p < .05, ** p < .01