Table 3.

Odds ratios (95% CI) for loneliness according to available social support

	n	% lonely		Adjusted for demographicsa		Adjusted for demographics and other factorsb
		Sometimes	Often/always	Sometimes	Often/always	Sometimes	Often/always
Available practical support:
More than two people	1,623	20.8	12.9	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
One or two people	1,730	25.2	16.4	1.37 (1.15, 1.63)	1.38 (1.12, 1.70)	1.34 (1.05, 1.71)	1.14 (0.85, 1.52)
None	729	27.6	20.2	1.81 (1.45, 2.26)	2.10 (1.62, 2.71)	1.64 (1.20, 2.24)	1.54 (1.07, 2.22)
P (trend)					<0.001		0.002
Available financial support:
More than two people	1,052	20.2	12.6	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
One or two people	1,178	23.7	17.0	1.29 (1.04, 1.60)	1.49 (1.15, 1.91)	1.09 (0.82, 1.44)	1.17 (0.83, 1.64)
None	1,852	26.1	16.5	1.50 (1.23, 1.82)	1.46 (1.15, 1.86)	1.18 (0.92, 1.51)	0.93 (0.68, 1.27)
P (trend)					<0.001		0.15
Available emotional support:
More than two people	1,696	21.9	12.4	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
One or two people	1,602	24.8	16.6	1.25 (1.05, 1.48)	1.42 (1.15, 1.76)	0.95 (0.74, 1.23)	1.20 (0.88, 1.63)
None	784	26.2	20.8	1.54 (1.24, 1.91)	2.10 (1.64, 2.69)	1.01 (0.74, 1.37)	1.68 (1.17, 2.42)
P (trend)					<0.001		0.01

^aSex, age, household type, employment, education, long-standing illness and migrant status;

^bImpact of each social support factor adjusted for demographics and all other social support factors