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Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2014 Oct;26(7):1137–1154. doi: 10.1177/0898264314529332

Table 4.

Correlations of Socio-Demographic and Health-Related Characteristics With Perceived Positive Social Support.

	Age years	Sex	Edu	Income	MS	Children	Grandchildren	Living	OHS	QOL	HC	PSS

Age years	1.0
Sex	.01	1.0
Edu	−.12^***	−.21^***	1.0
Income	.05^**	.00	.01	1.0
MS	−.33^***	−.32^***	.22	−.03	1.0
Children	.32^***	.09 ^***	−.38^***	.00	−.13^***	1.0
Grandchildren	.43^***	.13^***	−.39^***	−.02	−.18^***	.72^***	1.0
Living	−.35^***	−.07^***	.02	.16^***	.24^***	−.07^***	−.10^***	1.0
OHS	−.08^***	−.06^**	.05^**	.08^***	.05^**	.00	−.02	.00	1.0
QOL	.06^***	.05^**	.09^***	.08^***	−.03	.04^*	.05^**	−.04^*	.32^***	1.0
HC	−.11^***	−.03	.02	.05^**	.07^***	−.02	−.05^**	.00	.35^***	.15^***	1.0
PSS	−.07^***	.04^*	.09^***	−.02	.09^***	−.03	−.01	.09^***	.15^***	.21 ^***	.05^**	1.0

Note. Edu = education; MS = marital status; Children = number of children; Grandchildren = number of grandchildren; Living = living arrangement; OHS = overall health status; QOL = quality of life; HC = health changes in the past year; PSS = positive social support.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p <.001.