Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population (n = 485).
| Variables | 60–74 years |
74–89 years |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Gender | Male | 120 (35.3) | 50 (34.5) |
| Female | 220 (64.7) | 95 (65.5) | |
| Education | Illiterate | 3 (0.9) | 16 (11.0) |
| Elementary school | 20 (5.9) | 29 (20.0) | |
| Junior high school | 121 (35.6) | 28 (19.3) | |
| Senior high school | 120 (35.3) | 33 (22.8) | |
| College and above | 76 (22.4) | 39 (26.9) | |
| Monthly income (CNY) |
500 or below | 13 (3.8) | 6 (4.1) |
| 500–1999 | 12 (3.5) | 5 (3.4) | |
| 2000–3999 | 176 (51.8) | 30 (20.7) | |
| 4000–5999 | 111 (32.6) | 72 (49.7) | |
| 6000 or more | 28 (8.2) | 32 (22.1) | |
| Living arrangement | Living alone | 35 (10.3) | 31 (21.4) |
| With children | 116 (34.1) | 54 (37.2) | |
| With spouse | 95 (27.9) | 24 (16.6) | |
| Others | 94 (27.6) | 36 (24.8) | |
| Disease conditions | Healthy | 60 (17.6) | 12 (8.3) |
| Presence of illness | 280 (82.4) | 133 (91.7) | |
| Social isolation | Yes | 83 (24.4) | 48 (33.1) |
| No | 257 (75.6) | 97 (66.9) | |
| Family support, Mean ± SD | 72.19 ± 13.90 | 74.96 ± 13.49 | |
| Friend support, Mean ± SD | 52.92 ± 17.85 | 48.10 ± 18.93 | |
| Neighbor support, Mean ± SD | 44.81 ± 18.15 | 43.97 ± 17.86 | |