A study on the impact of Internet use on depression among Chinese older people under the perspective of social participation

Table 2 Basic descriptive statistics

Varname	Mean			Mean-Diff	T value
Varname	Total (N = 4645)	Not using the Internet (N = 4312)	Using the Internet (N = 333)	Mean-Diff	T value
CES-D score	19.268	19.548	15.637	3.912^***	10.013
Gender	0.223	0.215	0.318	−0.103^***	−4.354
Age	68.168	68.333	66.024	2.309^***	6.607
Education level	1.374	1.294	2.408	−1.114^***	−27.448
Marital status	0.785	0.780	0.841	−0.060^***	−2.588
Smoking status	0.072	0.068	0.123	−0.055^***	−3.781
Drinking status	0.205	0.192	0.366	−0.174^***	−7.632
Residence	0.315	0.278	0.790	−0.511^***	−20.188
Religious belief	0.131	0.133	0.108	0.025	1.279
Political status	0.085	0.068	0.297	−0.229^***	−14.776
Air quality status	3.192	3.216	2.883	0.333^***	7.143
Medical insurance	0.974	0.972	0.994	−0.022^**	−2.400
Social capital	0.052	−0.013	0.904	−0.918^***	−15.933

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