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

Table 2.

Gender differences (t-test) and gender stratified Pearson correlation coefficients for demographics, health, social relations, and CASP-12 scores

Men Women Gender Differences CASP-12 (r)
M SD M SD t Men Women
Age 66.27 9.45 66.15 10.03 1.690 − 0.133* − 0.167*
Household size 2.27 1.00 2.06 1.00 27.710* − 0.006 0.018*
Household incomea 35.87 65.26 30.26 63.09 11.690* 0.171* 0.175*
Years of education 11.26 4.42 10.56 4.23 21.582* 0.170* 0.219*
N of chronic diseases 1.61 1.47 1.78 1.58 -14.510* − 0.280* − 0.328*
N of mobility limitations 1.17 1.95 1.87 2.38 -41.924* 0.400* 0.421*
Limitations ADL 0.17 0.67 0.21 0.75 -7.808* − 0.244* − 0.256*
Limitations IADL 0.25 0.89 0.40 1.05 -20.226* − 0.295* − 0.331*
Social network size 2.28 1.5 2.67 1.60 -33.146* 0.105* 0.163*
Network satisfaction 8.80 1.46 8.93 1.38 -11.924* 0.172* 0.176*
Solitude satisfaction 5.29 3.98 5.31 3.87 − 0.179 0.238* 0.365*
CASP-12 37.51 6.13 36.67 6.52 17.762* - -

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

a in thousand euros

* p = .000