Table 4.
Persistent loneliness by leisure activities in 2005, 2008 and 2011 (%).
| Loneliness | Cards/Mahjong |
TV/Radio |
Social Activities |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freq. | Occ. | Nev. | Freq. | Occ. | Nev. | Freq. | Occ. | Nev. | |
| 2005 (n = 15,613) | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | ||||||
| Not persistent | 95.8 | 95.2 | 91.2 | 94.6 | 90.9 | 87.2 | 95.4 | 95.0 | 91.4 |
| Persistent | 4.2 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 9.1 | 12.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 8.6 |
| 2008 (n = 7452) | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | ||||||
| Not persistent | 94.4 | 94.3 | 90.8 | 93.6 | 89.2 | 86.6 | 93.7 | 94.7 | 90.9 |
| Persistent | 5.6 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 6.4 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 9.1 |
| 2011(n = 4177) | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p > 0.05 | ||||||
| Not persistent | 95.6 | 94.9 | 91.5 | 93.9 | 91.5 | 87.0 | 94.3 | 92.9 | 91.9 |
| Persistent | 4.4 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 13.0 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 8.1 |
Note: Freq. – Frequent; Occ. – Occasional; Nev. – Never.