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. 2022 Mar 21;17(5):2859–2875. doi: 10.1007/s11482-022-10045-z

Table 1.

Gender stratified frequency analyses of demographic, social and health variables for the study sample

Men Women Men Women
Household size % % Employment status % %
Living alone 15.3 28.1 Not applicable 0.4 0.7
2 59.2 51.0 Retired 60.8 51.6
3 14.5 12.6 (Self) Employed 30.4 25.1
4 7.3 5.4 Unemployed 3.7 2.9
> 4 3.6 2.9 Permanently sick 3.4 3.0
Income (euros)a Homemaker 0.3 15
1st quartile (8614) 21.0 28.1 Other 1.0 1.7
2nd quartile (18,378) 24.2 25.6 Marital status
3rd quartile (38,400) 26.2 24.1 Married, living with spouse 76.4 60.6
4rth quartile (> 38,400) 28.6 22.2 Registered partnership 1.6 1.2
Chronic diseases Married, not living with spouse 1.4 1.2
0 25.0 23.1 Never married 6.4 5.3
1 30.6 28.1 Divorced 7.7 10.2
2 21.1 21.1 Widowed 6.5 21.5
3 12.5 13.7 Network Size
4 6.2 7.5 “Network-less” (0 members) 4.1 3.0
> 4 4.6 6.4 Small networks (1–2 members) 59.3 49.1
Mobility limitations Large networks (≥ 3 members) 36.6 47.9
0 58.7 44.1 Solitude Satisfaction
1 14.8 15.0 High (9–10) 30.1 28.7
2 9.0 11.0 Medium 26.7 24.2
3 5.8 8.5 Low 43.2 47.1
4 3.9 6.3
> 4 7.9 15.0 Network satisfaction
Limitations ADL High (9–10) 63.6 67.5
0 91.0 89.1 Moderate (7–8) 31.9 28.7
1 5.2 5.9 Low (0–6) 4.5 3.8
2 1.7 2.4
> 2 2.1 2.7 Limitations IADL
CASP-12 0 88.4 89.1
< 35 29.2 34.1 1 6.4 5.9
≥ 35 79.8 65.9 2 2.2 2.4
> 2 3.1 2.7

Note. CAPS-12 = Quality of life Index, ADL = Activities of daily living, IADL = Instrumental activities of daily living,

a Household income quartiles