Table 1.
Characteristics of socially isolated and not isolated groups (n (%) unless stated otherwise; N = 267a)
| Isolated (n = 107) |
Not isolated (n = 160) |
P difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 60 (56.1) | 76 (47.5) | 0.17 |
| Female | 47 (43.9) | 84 (52.5) | |
| Age, years | |||
| 50–59 | 21 (19.6) | 37 (23.1) | 0.92 |
| 60–69 | 46 (43.0) | 67 (41.9) | |
| 70–79 | 36 (33.6) | 50 (31.3) | |
| ≥ 80 | 4 (3.7) | 6 (3.8) | |
| Education | |||
| No qualifications | 52 (48.6) | 55 (34.4) | 0.07 |
| Intermediate | 23 (21.5) | 44 (27.5) | |
| Higher education | 32 (29.9) | 61 (38.1) | |
| Wealth quintile | |||
| 1 (lowest) | 26 (24.3) | 28 (17.5) | 0.21 |
| 2 | 27 (25.2) | 33 (20.6) | |
| 3 | 21 (19.6) | 28 (17.5) | |
| 4 | 21 (19.6) | 39 (24.4) | |
| 5 (highest) | 12 (11.2) | 32 (20.0) | |
| Married | 56 (52.3) | 103 (64.4) | 0.05 |
| Smoking status | |||
| Non-smoker | 80 (74.8) | 132 (82.5) | 0.19 |
| Former smoker | 9 (8.4) | 6 (3.8) | |
| Current smoker | 18 (16.8) | 22 (13.8) | |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| < 5 times per week | 87 (81.3) | 131 (81.9) | 0.91 |
| 5–7 times per week | 20 (18.7) | 29 (18.1) | |
| Self-rated health | |||
| Excellent | 9 (8.4) | 27 (16.9) | 0.33 |
| Very good | 31 (29.0) | 46 (28.7) | |
| Good | 40 (37.4) | 52 (32.5) | |
| Fair | 22 (20.6) | 26 (16.3) | |
| Poor | 5 (4.7) | 9 (5.6) | |
| Longstanding limiting illness | 42 (39.3) | 45 (28.1) | 0.06 |
| No. of mobility impairments, mean SD | 2.07 ± 2.4 | 1.52 ± 2.3 | 0.06 |
| Depressive symptoms ≥3 | 16 (15.0) | 25 (15.6) | 0.88 |
| Loneliness score, mean SD | 1.47 ± 0.6 | 1.38 ± 0.5 | 0.21 |
| Days of accelerometer wear, mean SD | 5.84 ± 1.3 | 5.80 ± 1.3 | 0.80 |
aSubsample from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, wave 6 [2012–13]