Table 1 Demographic characteristics (n = 1842).
Characteristics | All (%) | Loneliness | p1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Presence (%) | Absence (%) | |||
Age | 0.69 | |||
20–39 years | 340 (18.5) | 105 (19.4) | 235 (18.1) | |
40–59 years | 546 (29.6) | 154 (28.5) | 392 (30.1) | |
≥ 60 years | 956 (51.9) | 282 (52.1) | 674 (51.8) | |
Sex | 0.04 | |||
Male | 812 (44.1) | 258 (47.7) | 554 (42.6) | |
Female | 1030 (55.9) | 283 (52.3) | 747 (57.4) | |
Family composition | 0.10 | |||
Living alone | 115 (6.2) | 26 (4.8) | 89 (6.8) | |
Household with multiple occupants | 1727 (93.8) | 515 (95.2) | 1212 (93.2) | |
Married | 1404 (76.2) | 410 (75.8) | 994 (76.4) | 0.93 |
Physical illness | 883 (47.9) | 247 (45.7) | 636 (48.9) | 0.21 |
Psychiatric illness | 95 (5.2) | 55 (10.2) | 40 (3.1) | < 0.001 |
Subjective economic condition: bad | 66 (3.6) | 44 (8.1) | 22 (1.7) | < 0.001 |
Social isolation | 112 (6.1) | 25 (4.6) | 87 (6.7) | 0.09 |
K6 ≧ 13 | 188 (10.2) | 152 (28.1) | 36 (2.8) | < 0.001 |
Suicidal ideation within the past month | 41 (2.2) | 34 (6.3) | 7 (0.5) | < 0.001 |
