Table 3.

Analysis of the willingness to live in elder care institutions according to the health status of the respondents

Variables	Mean±SD (n=1003）	Range of the score	Home care (n=548）	Institutional care (n=455）	T	P value
Self-rated physical health	3.30±0.97	1–5	3.28±1.00	3.33±0.94	0.80	0.42
Life satisfaction	5.08±1.27	1–7	5.13±1.25	5.03±1.28	1.21	0.23
Feeling of isolation	1.91±0.77	1–5	1.91±0.76	1.91±0.78	0.15	0.88
Self-rated capacity for action	3.54±0.96	1–5	3.61±0.94	3.45±0.98	2.59	0.01

Bold values emphasize the statistical significance.