Table 2 Social Life Characteristics Number of subjects (male/female) per ‘social category’.

From: Olfactory function and the social lives of older adults: a matter of sex

 

Number of friends (M/F) Total n = 2,808

Number of relatives feels close to (M/F) Total n = 2,796

0

60/71

44/25

1

36/46

83/55

2–3

277/270

360/351

4–9

381/475

557/654

10–20

298/351

202/262

>20

300/243

93/110

 

Frequency of socializing in past year (M/F Total n = 2,472

Never

26/25

Less than once a year

8/12

About once or twice a year

62/57

Several times a year

219/202

About once a month

267/295

Every week

423/466

Several times a week

175/235