Table 1.

Association* of living alone and social isolation with social network satisfaction in men (n = 3569) and in women (n = 3270)

		Living in a partnership	Living alone	Socially connected	Socially isolated
	SNS	%	%	%	%
Men	high	44.7	39.2	53.8	31.6
	moderate	52.3	53.8	45.3	61.3
	low	2.9	7.1	0.9	7.0
Women	high	52.5	52.5	62.9	42.2
	moderate	44.9	43.5	36.5	52.6
	low	2.6	4.1	0.6	5.2
Total	high	48.3	46.5	57.9	37.0
	moderate	48.9	48.1	41.3	56.9
	low	2.8	5.4	0.8	6.1

*p values were <0.001 except for association of living alone and SNS in women with p value 0.094.