Table 3 Descriptive statistics
Latent variables | Observed variables | Mean of total sample | Mean of city sample | Mean of rural sample | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Young-old group | The Middle-old group | The Old-old group | The Young-old group | The Middle-old group | The Old-old group | ||||
Social network | Family network | Family contacts | 3.23 | 3.25 | 3.29 | 3.29 | 3.12 | 3.18 | 3.36 |
Family talks | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.29 | 2.31 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.10 | ||
Family supports | 3.02 | 2.94 | 3.04 | 3.18 | 2.95 | 3.10 | 3.21 | ||
Friend network | Friend contacts | 2.58 | 2.86 | 2.63 | 2.14 | 2.62 | 2.35 | 2.00 | |
Friend talks | 1.59 | 1.84 | 1.60 | 1.37 | 1.55 | 1.43 | 1.17 | ||
Friend supports | 1.79 | 2.10 | 1.72 | 1.44 | 1.81 | 1.59 | 1.26 | ||
Older adults’ well-being | Life satisfaction | 4.01 | 4.00 | 4.13 | 4.15 | 3.93 | 4.03 | 3.99 | |
Self-rated health | 3.20 | 3.46 | 3.21 | 3.13 | 3.10 | 2.94 | 2.93 | ||
Control variables | Income | 2.88 | 3.49 | 3.48 | 3.50 | 2.16 | 1.82 | 1.67 | |
Education | 2.91 | 3.61 | 3.31 | 2.67 | 2.5 | 2.09 | 1.64 | ||
Gender | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.58 | ||
Age | 70.31 | 63.76 | 74.35 | 83.84 | 63.78 | 74.20 | 83.58 | ||
Number of children | 3.09 | 2.10 | 3.28 | 3.93 | 2.83 | 4.13 | 4.88 | ||
Marital status | 0.35 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.64 | 0.22 | 0.48 | 0.76 | ||