Table 6
Social network characteristics of senior women and men, by living arrangement, Canada, 2008
Characteristics | Women aged 65 years and over |
Men aged 65 years and over |
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---|---|---|---|---|
Living alone |
In a couple |
Living alone |
In a couple |
|
average score | ||||
Satisfaction with life as a whole1 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.3 |
percentage | ||||
Feeling about life as a whole | ||||
Happy and interested in life | 75.4*‡ | 82.0 | 68.7*‡ | 79.9 |
Somewhat happy | 21.2* | 16.8 | 26.2* | 17.4 |
Somewhat unhappy | 3.4* | 1.2E‡ | 5.1E* | 2.8E |
Number of family members respondent feels close to |
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None | 3.2* | … | 6.1E‡ | 3.7E |
One to four | 48.0* | 40.6 | 49.2* | 41.8 |
Five or more | 48.8* | 58.8 | 44.7* | 54.5 |
Number of friends respondent feels close to |
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None | 11.4 | 9.2 | 15.0* | 10.2 |
One to two | 23.7‡ | 20.6‡ | 18.8‡ | 14.6 |
Three or more | 64.9* | 70.2‡ | 66.2* | 75.2 |
Number of friends excluding closest | ||||
None | 12.6 | 9.9 | 14.5* | 7.6 |
At least one | 87.4 | 90.1 | 85.5* | 92.4 |
Daily contacts | ||||
Family | 13.0* | 8.2‡ | 11.1* | 5.9 |
Friends | 18.1* | 8.9 | 20.2* | 11.5 |
Respondent misses having people around | ||||
Yes | 32.9* | 26.4 | 37.4* | 29.2 |
More or less | 15.8 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 14.5 |
No | 51.3* | 58.7 | 49.1* | 56.3 |
… not applicable E use with caution * statistically significant difference between persons living alone and persons in a couple at p<0.05 ‡ statistically significant difference between women and men at p<0.05 1. To measure subjective well-being, we use the satisfaction with life scale. This scale goes from 1 to 10, where 1 means "very dissatisfied" and 10 means "very satisfied." Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008 – Social Networks. |
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