Table 2.

Descriptive statistics.

Characteristics		Widowed elderly (n = 4,560, %)		Non-widowed elderly (n = 3,655, %)
Life satisfaction
	Very poor	21	0.46	13	0.36
	Poor	131	2.87	96	2.63
	Neutral	1,182	25.92	1,050	28.73
	Good	2,321	50.90	1,686	46.13
	Excellent	905	19.85	810	22.16
Gender
	Male	1,320	28.95	2,214	60.57
	Female	3,240	71.05	1,441	39.43
Registered permanent residence
	Urban	764	16.75	531	14.53
	Rural	3,796	83.25	3,124	85.47
Residence
	City	571	12.52	387	10.59
	Urban	2,347	51.47	1,340	36.66
	Rural	1,642	36.01	1,928	52.75
Age
	65–79	793	17.39	2,333	63.83
	80–99	2,625	57.57	1,273	34.83
	≥100	1,142	25.04	49	1.34
Type of elderly care
	Living with family	3,106	68.11	3,446	94.28
	Living alone	149	3.27	164	4.49
	Institution care	1,305	28.62	45	1.23
Self-rated health
	Unhealthy	630	13.82	499	13.65
	Healthy	3,930	86.18	3,156	86.35