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Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 20;29(9):881–894. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.03.005

Table 3.

Social Isolation Measures Stratified by Distress, Socioeconomic Status, Race and Ethnicity, & Loneliness

Distress Financial Status Race and Ethnicity Loneliness
Social Isolation Measures Non-distressed (N=3 82) x¯(SD) / n(%) Distressed (N=119) x¯ (SD) / n(%) Group Difference (1–2) d * Financial Stability (N=187) x¯ (SD) / n(%) Financial Instability (N=291) x¯ (SD) / n(%) Group Difference (1–2) d * White Persons (N=376) x¯ (SD) /n(%) Persons of Color (N=125) x¯ (SD) / n(%) Group Difference (1–2) d * Not Lonely (N=368) x¯ (SD) / n(%) Lonely (N=133) x¯ (SD) / n(%) Group Difference (1–2) d *

UCLA Loneliness 1
(range: 3–9)
4.2 (1.4) 5.9 (1.9) −1.7 (.2) 1.0 4.1 (1.4) 4.9 (1.9) −0.9 (.1) 0.5 4.6 (1.7) 4.7 (1.9) −0.2 (.2) 0.1
UCLA Lo neliness Interpreta tion 2
Not Lonely 318 (83.2%) 50 (42.0%) 41.2% 158 (84.5%) 195 (67.0%) 17.5% 280 (74.5%) 88 (70.4%) 4.1%
Lonely 64 (16.8%) 69 (58.0%) 41.2% 29 (15.5%) 96 (33.0%) 17.5% 96 (25.5%) 37 (29.6%) −4.1%
Instrumental
Support
T-Score 1
52.8 (11.1) 50.2 (11.1) 2.6 (1.2) 0.2 56.2 (10.4) 49.9 (11.0) 6.4 (1.0) 0.6 52.5 (11.2) 51.1 (11.0) 1.5 (1.2) 0.1 54.5 (10.4) 45.7 (10.6) 8.8 (1.1) 0.8
Emotional
Support
T-score 1
52.2 (9.0) 47.2 (9.1) 5.0 (1.0) 0.5 54.2 (8.6) 49.2 (9.2) 5.0 (.8) 0.5 51.7 (9.4) 49.1 (8.6) 2.6 (1.0) 0.3 53.1 (8.6) 45.3 (8.5) 7.8 (.9) 0.8
Global
Physical
Health
T-score 1
52.8 (6.9) 44.0 (6.7) 8.8 (.7) 1.1 53.8 (7.4) 48.8 (7.4) 5.0 (.7) 0.6 50.9 (7.8) 50.4 (7.8) 0.5 (.8) 0.1 52.3 (7.4) 46.3 (7.2) 6.0 (.7) 0.8
1

Independent sample t-test;

2

Fisher Exact p-value

Approximated degrees of freedom for independent sample t-tests range from 161.43 – 499

BOLD indicates p-value < .05 and less than Benjamin-Hochberg critical value, considered to be statistically significant

*

d indicates Effect Size (Cohen’s d)