Table 2.

Characteristics of the social network members and relationships (n=1,506)

	Engage together Mean(SD) %	Do not engage together Mean(SD) %	p (CI*)
Social activities	n=785	n=721
	(52.1%)	(47.9%)
Age	59.4 (21.3)	59.9 (53.4)	0.85 (−4.6,3.8)
Same gender as respondent	62.5%	60.5%	0.44 (−3.0%,7.1%)
Family member**	41.4%	51.8%	<0.001 (−15.6%, −5.1%)
Live within the community	79.5%	69.3%	<0.001 (5.6%,14.7%)
Live with respondent	5.86%	2.8%	0.005 (0.9%,5.3%)
Eat meals	n=533	n=973
	(35.4%)	(64.6%)
Age	61.9 (21.7)	58.4 (47.0)	0.05 (−0.05,6.92)
Same gender as respondent	58.2%	63.4%	0.05 (−10.6%,0.06%)
Family member**	35.7%	51.9%	<0.001 (−21.6%,−10.7%)
Live within the community	88.6%	67.0%	<0.001 (17.4%, 25.7%)
Live with respondent	9.6%	1.5%	<0.001 (5.3%,10.8%)

^*Confidence interval for the difference between Engage together and Do not engage together

^**Calculated with spouses excluded