From: Socio-demographic characteristics associated with emotional and social loneliness among older adults
Emotional loneliness | |||||
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Living with partner | Living without partner | OR (95% CI) for living without partner vs living with partner within strata of sex | |||
N lonely/not lonely | OR (95% CI) | N lonely/not lonely | OR (95% CI) | ||
Male | 113/546 | ref. | 81/151 | 3.10 (2.17–4.40) | 3.10 (2.17–4.40) |
Female | 125/351 | 1.78 (1.31–2.40) | 338/546 | 3.17 (2.45–4.12) | 1.79 (1.37–2.33) |
OR (95% CI) for female vs male within strata of living situation | 1.78 (1.31–2.40) | 1.02 (0.74–1.41) |