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