Urban-rural differences in the association between social activities and depressive symptoms among older adults in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Prevalence of depressive symptoms in different type and frequency of social activity participation

Type and frequency of social activities	Urban (%)		χ²	P value	Rural (%)		χ²	P value
Type and frequency of social activities	No	Yes	χ²	P value	No	Yes	χ²	P value
Interaction with friends			13.603	0.003			4.837	0.184
No participation	61.3	69.8			67.0	69.5
Not regularly	13.7	11.6			10.7	10.1
Almost every week	10.0	5.2			6.5	6.1
Almost daily	15.0	13.5			15.8	14.3
Hobby groups			11.304	0.010			83.226	< 0.001
No participation	70.4	78.8			79.6	88.0
Not regularly	9.4	7.1			7.2	4.9
Almost every week	9.0	5.9			5.5	3.3
Almost daily	11.3	8.3			7.7	3.8
Sports groups			13.375	0.004			24.119	< 0.001
No participation	80.3	86.8			93.7	96.2
Not regularly	1.7	2.6			1.3	1.2
Almost every week	2.1	1.4			0.5	0.4
Almost daily	15.8	9.2			4.5	2.3
Community-related organization			10.293	0.016			6.478	0.091
No participation	92.9	96.9			97.9	98.7
Not regularly	4.1	2.4			1.4	0.7
Almost every week	1.5	0.5			0.5	0.4
Almost daily	1.5	0.2			0.2	0.1
Volunteer			3.563	0.316			2.080	0.556
No participation	83.0	85.8			85.4	86.7
Not regularly	12.4	9.2			11.1	10.1
Almost every week	2.4	2.1			2.0	1.9
Almost daily	2.3	2.8			1.5	1.4

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