Table 1. Characteristics of samples.

Variables	N (%)	Missing data (%)	Mean ± SD	Range
Age	2819	0	70.80 ± 7.69	60–96 (years)
Male	1372 (48.7)	0
Education	2814	0.2
primary & below	1189 (42.3)
secondary	1210 (43.0)
associate & above	415 (14.7)
Marital Status	2814	0.2
married/cohabited	2122 (75.4)
widowed	643 (22.9)
divorced/others	49 (1.7)
Self-rated financial status	2809	0.4	3.00±0.73	1(good enough) to 5(very difficult)
Self-rated health status	2815	0.1	3.21±0.84	1(very bad) to 5(very good)
LSNS-6	2819	0	12.52 ± 7.03	0–30
LSNS-6 Family Subscale	2819	0	7.72 ± 3.93	0–15
LSNS-6 Friends Subscale	2819	0	4.80 ± 4.92	0–15
Death Wishes	85 (3.1)	2.5
Suicidal Ideation	34 (1.2)	2.6

LSNS-6, the abbreviated version of the Lubben Social Network Scale.