Table 2.
Correlates of loneliness in the older adults in Shanghai, total sample
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
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B | SE | B | SE | B | SE | B | SE | |
Age | 0.05** | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.02 |
Gender (female = 0) | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.45* | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.21 |
Urban Hukou (rural = 0) | −0.79** | 0.28 | − 0.65* | 0.27 | − 0.73** | 0.26 | − 0.52* | 0.26 |
Marital status (married = 0) | ||||||||
Single | 2.71* | 1.18 | 2.33* | 1.15 | 2.39* | 1.10 | 2.46* | 1.10 |
Divorced | 3.37*** | 0.75 | 3.10*** | 0.73 | 2.11** | 0.70 | 2.27** | 0.70 |
Widowed | 0.25 | 0.38 | 0.21 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.35 |
Education (primary school or lower =0) | ||||||||
Junior high | 0.03 | 0.30 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 0.47 | 0.28 |
High | −1.40*** | 0.34 | − 1.20*** | 0.34 | −0.96** | 0.32 | −0.37 | 0.34 |
Bachelor | −1.66*** | 0.37 | −1.36*** | 0.36 | − 1.05** | 0.35 | −0.15 | 0.38 |
Living arrangement (living with others = 0) | 0.91* | 0.39 | 1.04** | 0.39 | 0.92* | 0.37 | 0.88* | 0.37 |
Self-rated health | −1.19*** | 0.13 | −0.93*** | 0.13 | −0.91*** | 0.13 | ||
IADL | 0.62** | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.19 | ||
Chronic disease | 0.15* | 0.06 | 0.17** | 0.06 | 0.17** | 0.06 | ||
Family functioning | −4.31*** | 0.31 | − 4.16*** | 0.31 | ||||
Chatting with neighbors | −0.15*** | 0.03 | −0.15*** | 0.03 | ||||
Volunteering (no = 0) | −0.88** | 0.33 | −0.86** | 0.33 | ||||
Playing mahjong | −0.07 | 0.04 | −0.07 | 0.04 | ||||
Dancing | −0.13* | 0.06 | −0.10 | 0.06 | ||||
Media use | −0.59*** | 0.09 | ||||||
R2 | 4.5% | 8.9% | 16.7% | 17.8% |
Note. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001. IADL instrumental activities of daily living