Table 5 Results of analysis on interaction between country and living situation for emotional loneliness among 2251 participants of the UHCE study
From: Socio-demographic characteristics associated with emotional and social loneliness among older adults
Emotional loneliness | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Living with partner | Living without partner | OR (95% CI) for living without partner vs living with partner within strata of country | |||
N lonely/not lonely | OR (95% CI) | N lonely/not lonely | OR (95% CI) | ||
The UK | 19/210 | ref. | 82/237 | 3.19 (1.85–5.47) | 3.19 (1.85–5.47) |
Greece | 81/157 | 5.53 (3.10–9.84) | 65/42 | 13.56 (7.11–25.87) | 2.45 (1.51–3.98) |
Croatia | 75/130 | 6.31 (3.63–10.95) | 127/163 | 6.93 (4.05–11.85) | 1.10 (0.75–1.61) |
The Netherlands | 19/171 | 1.11 (0.56–2.17) | 76/103 | 5.87 (3.31–10.41) | 5.31 (3.00–9.40) |
Spain | 44/229 | 1.78 (0.97–3.28) | 69/152 | 3.46 (1.91–6.28) | 1.95 (1.25–3.02) |