Table 3.

Social support and mental health status of respondents

SRH		Good		Fair		Poor		total
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
social supports
marital status	widowed	172	40.1	191	44.5	66	15.4	429	21.6
	married	691	45.8	637	42.2	182	12.1	1510	75.9
	single/divorced	22	43.1	23	45.1	6	11.8	51	2.6
source of income**	pension	782	46.2	711	42.0	198	11.7	1691	86.1
	salary/savings	46	31.9	83	57.6	15	10.4	144	7.3
	family	20	35.7	23	41.1	13	23.2	56	2.8
	other	29	39.2	28	37.8	17	23.0	74	3.8
living situation	non-empty nester	308	44.5	292	42.2	92	13.3	692	34.7
	empty nester	579	44.4	562	43.1	163	12.5	1304	65.3
meeting children*	daily	600	46.8	538	42.0	143	11.2	1281	65.2
	weekly	170	41.6	179	43.8	60	14.7	409	20.8
	monthly	74	38.1	92	47.4	28	14.4	194	9.9
	yearly	29	43.9	21	31.8	16	24.2	66	3.4
	<1 time/year	4	25.0	10	62.5	2	12.5	16	0.8
meeting neighbours*	weekly	821	45.8	762	42.5	210	11.7	1793	89.8
	monthly	24	31.6	39	51.3	13	17.1	76	3.8
	yearly	7	43.8	6	37.5	3	18.8	16	0.8
	never	36	32.4	47	42.3	28	25.2	111	5.6
meeting relatives/friends**	weekly	249	55.6	162	36.2	37	8.3	448	22.4
	monthly	143	46.0	137	44.1	31	10.0	311	15.6
	yearly	363	41.7	383	44.0	124	14.3	870	43.6
	never	133	36.2	172	46.9	62	16.9	367	18.4
community meeting**	weekly	151	50.3	104	34.7	45	15.0	300	15.1
	monthly	81	52.3	62	40.0	12	7.7	155	7.8
	yearly	110	52.9	86	41.3	12	5.8	208	10.5
	never	544	41.0	598	45.1	185	13.9	1327	66.7
mental status
loneliness**	never	798	48.2	684	41.3	175	10.6	1657	83.0
	sometimes	67	25.1	143	53.6	57	21.3	267	13.4
	always	23	31.9	26	36.1	23	31.9	72	3.6
nervousness/ anxiety**	never	841	47.2	749	42.1	190	10.7	1780	89.2
	sometimes	40	22.9	92	52.6	43	24.6	175	8.8
	always	6	15.0	12	30.0	22	55.0	40	2.0
satisfied with life**	good	632	58.0	367	33.7	91	8.3	1090	54.7
	fair	239	29.8	455	56.7	108	13.5	802	40.2
	poor	16	15.7	30	29.4	56	54.9	102	5.1

^**means p < 0.05

^*means p < 0.1