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. 2018 Dec 4;18:300. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0994-x

Table 2.

Correlates of loneliness in the older adults in Shanghai, total sample

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
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