Table 2.

Percentage distribution of response to quantitative and qualitative verbal interaction items, by timepoint

Quantitative Items (N=243)
	Don’t have this contact	Less than 30 minutes	30-59 minutes	1-1.5 hours	1.5-2 hours	Over 2 hours	Missing response
If you have a spouse or partner, how much time on average do you spend in face-to-face conversations with them each day?
Test	19.3	14.0	32.9	14.0	13.2	6.6	0.0
Retest	19.3	14.4	32.1	13.2	10.3	10.3	0.4
How much time on average do you spend in face-to-face conversations with family members other than your spouse or partner each week?
Test	7.0	35.4	21.8	10.7	11.5	13.2	0.4
Retest	5.3	33.3	22.2	12.8	13.6	12.8	0.0
How much time on average do you spend in face-to-face conversations with close friends each week?
Test	1.6	29.2	21.4	12.8	16.9	18.1	0.0
Retest	3.3	25.5	24.3	14.4	15.2	17.3	0.0
When you go to religious services or church, how much time at each service do you spend in face-to-face conversations with other people?
Test	34.6	49.4	12.8	2.9	0.4	0.0	0.0
Retest	35.0	49.4	14.0	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.0
When you go to a meeting of a club, lodge, or parent group, how much time at each meeting do you spend in face-to-face interactions with other people?
Test	43.2	17.7	23.0	10.7	3.7	1.6	0.0
Retest	42.8	17.3	21.0	8.2	9.1	1.6	0.0
How much time on average do you spend in face-to-face conversations with colleagues each day that you work?a
Test	2.1	10.3	14.4	10.7	14.0	17.3	0.0
Retest	2.1	9.9	17.7	11.9	9.1	15.6	0.0
How much time on average do you spend in face-to-face conversations with strangers or people you don’t know very well each week (e.g., doctors, waitresses, store clerks, etc.)?
Test	0.1	40.1	25.9	9.5	12.3	10.7	0.0
Retest	<0.1	35.0	34.6	7.8	5.8	16.5	0.0
Qualitative Items: How pleasant or unpleasant do you find these interactions to be most of the time?b
	Unpleasant		Neutral	Pleasant		Missing response
Spouse or partner
Test (N=196)	2.6		11.2	85.7		0.5
Retest (N=196)	2.0		11.7	86.2		0.0
Other family members
Test (N=226)	2.7		4.9	92.0		0.4
Retest (N=230)	1.3		6.5	92.2		0.0
Close friends
Test (N=239)	0.0		2.1	97.5		0.4
Retest (N=235)	0.0		3.0	97.0		0.0
Religious services or church
Test (N=171)	1.2		9.5	85.4		0.0
Retest (N=162)	0.6		10.5	88.9		0.0
Club, lodge, or parent group meetings
Test (N=119)	0.0		5.9	94.1		0.0
Retest (N=145)	1.4		7.6	91.0		0.0
Colleagues
Test (N=162)	0.6		14.8	84.6		0.0
Retest (N=145)	0.7		11.0	95.7		0.0
Strangers or people you don’t know very well
Test (N=241)	0.0		23.2	76.8		0.0
Retest (N=242)	0.0		19.0	81.0		0.0

^aOnly participants (N=167 at test timepoint and N=161 at retest timepoint) who reported working outside of the home were asked to quantify time spent interacting with colleagues. Those responding that they “don’t have this contact” do work outside the home but do not verbally interact with colleagues.

^bSample sizes are variable because only individuals reporting some interaction in a given social domain answered a follow-up quality question.