Table 2.
Persistent loneliness by socio-demographic variables at baseline, 2005 (%).
| Loneliness |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Not Persistent | Persistent | Significance | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 93.6 | 6.4 | p < 0.01 |
| Female | 90.7 | 9.3 | |
| Age Group | |||
| 65-74 | 94.0 | 6.0 | p < 0.01 |
| 75-84 | 92.1 | 7.9 | |
| 85+ | 91.1 | 8.9 | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Han | 91.9 | 8.1 | p > 0.05 |
| Others | 92.8 | 7.2 | |
| Residence | |||
| Rural | 91.2 | 8.8 | p < 0.01 |
| City & Towns | 93.0 | 7.0 | |
| Marital Status | |||
| Not married | 89.8 | 10.2 | p < 0.01 |
| Married | 96.4 | 3.6 | |
| Living Arrangement | |||
| Household | 93.9 | 6.1 | p < 0.01 |
| Alone | 81.0 | 19.0 | |
| Institution | 88.8 | 11.2 | |
| Education | |||
| No schooling | 90.7 | 9.3 | p < 0.01 |
| >1 year | 93.9 | 6.1 | |
| Self-rated Health | |||
| Very good | 96.4 | 3.6 | |
| Good | 95.4 | 4.6 | |
| So | 92.2 | 7.8 | p < 0.01 |
| Bad | 81.2 | 18.8 | |
| Very bad | 73.7 | 26.3 | |