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Table 3 Selected characteristics of each component in the KSHAP ab

From: Social network properties and self-rated health in later life: comparisons from the Korean social life, health, and aging project and the national social life, health and aging project

Component

Component size

No. of nodes

No. of respondents

Age

% female

No. of chronic disease

Years R lived in village

Network size

% married

Self-rated healthc

% of nodes in RiA

% of nodes in RiB

% of nodes in RiC

% of nodes in RiD

% of nodes in RiE

Size 768

768

768

624

72.465

0.575

2.216

52.144

3.151

0.771

2.590

0.060

0.266

0.267

0.323

0.081

Size 63

63

63

49

70.531

0.571

1.449

34.449

2.857

0.816

2.245

0.000

0.032

0.000

0.063

0.889

Others

3 to 7

71

44

69.750

0.636

1.818

33.227

2.455

0.651

2.477

0.042

0.324

0.155

0.169

0.310

Dyadic only

2

96

83

71.337

0.530

1.88

34.618

3.084

0.805

2.554

0.000

0.313

0.250

0.229

0.208

Being Alone

1

14

14

74.357

0.929

2.286

45.786

2.071

0.000

2.429

0.071

0.429

0.357

0.000

0.143

 

Overall Mean

72.119

0.580

2.072

48.160

3.070

0.757

2.557

0.049

0.262

0.242

0.283

0.160

 

p-value

0.078

0.076

0.032

<.001

<.001

<.001

0.051

0.036

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

  1. aAll descriptive statistics, except % of nodes in each component, were calculated based on information of the survey respondents.
  2. b4 nodes who were spouses of the survey respondents but did not participate in the survey were not the residents of Township K.
  3. cSelf-rated health was measured by 5 scales, and the scores were averaged by each component (higher value represents better self-rated health).