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Table 3 Demographic factors within three latent classes of social relationships

From: Patterns of social relationships among community-dwelling older adults in Japan: latent class analysis

 

Active

Socially Isolated

Less motivated

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age

 Mean (±SD)

73.8

(± 6.85)

73.6

(± 7.59)

78.3

(± 8.26)

 Missing

0

 

0

 

0

 

Sex

 Male

337

43.1%

54

55.1%

36

42.9%

 Female

395

50.5%

36

36.7%

45

53.6%

 Missing

50

6.4%

8

8.2%

3

3.6%

Subjective economic status

 Better-off

578

73.9%

66

67.3%

57

67.9%

 Poor

144

18.4%

23

23.5%

22

26.2%

 Missing

60

7.7%

9

9.2%

5

6.0%

Chronic disease

 Heart disease

52

6.6%

8

8.2%

7

8.3%

 Diabetes

114

14.6%

13

13.3%

16

19.0%

 Musculoskeletal disorder

72

9.2%

9

9.2%

8

9.5%

 Missing

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

IADL

 Independent

621

79.4%

69

70.4%

31

36.9%

 Dependent

98

12.5%

21

21.4%

45

53.6%

 Missing

63

8.1%

8

8.2%

8

9.5%

Depressive symptoms

 Having

208

26.6%

40

40.8%

33

39.3%

 Not having

514

65.7%

46

46.9%

33

39.3%

 Missing

60

7.7%

12

12.2%

18

21.4%

Family structure

 Living with someone

663

84.8%

78

79.6%

67

79.8%

 Living alone

33

4.2%

11

11.2%

3

3.6%

 Missing

86

11.0%

9

9.2%

14

16.7%

ISI Independence

 Mean (±SD)

4.00

(± 0.00)

4.00

(± 0.00)

2.50

(± 0.74)

 Missing

38

 

3

 

2

 

Social curiosity

 Mean (±SD)

4.74

(±0.50)

4.59

(± 0.61)

3.58

(± 0.67)

 Missing

174

 

20

 

13

 

Interaction with others

 Mean (±SD)

2.97

(± 0.19)

2.10

(± 0.72)

2.52

(± 0.75)

 Missing

56

 

2

 

7

 

Participation

 Mean (±SD)

3.60

(± 0.61)

2.69

(± 0.73)

2.77

(± 0.96)

 Missing

103

 

15

 

20

 

Feeling safe

 Mean (±SD)

1.99

(± 0.14)

1.23

(± 0.81)

1.53

(± 0.75)

 Missing

15

 

1

 

1

 
  1. Note: IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily living, SD Standard Deviation