Table 3.

The descriptions of the classes in four samples

Total sample	family	friends or small groups	communities	organizations or institutions	whole society
class1(16.1%)	1.91	1.71	1.67	1.60	1.83
class2(17.5%)	4.01	2.54	1.87	1.66	2.18
class3(35.6%)	3.42	2.97	2.95	2.89	3.16
class4(20.9%)	4.06	3.68	3.94	3.96	4.02
class5(9.9%)	4.88	4.78	4.95	4.94	4.94
Emerging sample
class1(11.8%)	1.96	1.83	1.69	1.61	1.88
class2(16.4%)	3.98	2.51	1.81	1.66	2.14
class3(40.2%)	3.42	3.02	2.91	2.93	3.22
class4(20.1%)	4.01	3.66	3.93	3.99	4.04
class5(11.5%)	4.91	4.81	4.96	4.95	4.95
Adult sample
class1(16.9%)	1.92	1.71	1.67	1.61	1.85
class2(16.9%)	4.02	2.58	1.88	1.66	2.22
class3(35.0%)	3.41	2.97	2.95	2.90	3.15
class4(21.1%)	4.05	3.69	3.94	3.96	4.03
class5(10.1%)	4.88	4.78	4.95	4.95	4.93
Older sample
class1(14.9%)	1.84	1.65	1.62	1.53	1.73
class2(22.1%)	3.98	2.40	1.87	1.67	2.05
class3(35.3%)	3.50	2.95	3.01	2.82	3.19
class4(20.1%)	4.13	3.63	3.96	3.93	3.98
class5(7.6%)	4.86	4.76	4.96	4.93	4.95

Note. class 1 = low social support class, class 2 = predominantly proximal support class, class 3 = predominantly remote support class, class 4 = moderate social support class, class 5 = high social support class