From: Social network types and functional dependency in older adults in Mexico
Diverse with community participation | Diverse without community participation | Widowed | Nonfriends-restricted | Nonfamily-restricted | Total | |
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n = 404 | n = 1484 | n = 1071 | n = 255 | n = 134 | n = 3348 | |
a Frequency of instrumental support (to perform BADL and IADL) received,^† mean (SD) | 3.3 (2.3) | 4.3 (1.7) | 3.1 (2.4) | 3.7 (2.1) | 2.9 (2.4) | 3.7 (2.2) |
Having received economic support*,% | 66.1 | 74.3 | 63.6 | 76.9 | 41.8 | 68.8 |
bSatisfaction with family contacts,^† mean (SD) | 2.7 (0.7) | 2.8 (0.5) | 2.7 (0.7) | 2.4 (0.9) | 2.4 (0.9) | 2.7 (0.7) |
b Satisfaction with friends contacts^†, mean (SD) | 2.9 (0.4) | 2.8 (0.4) | 2.8 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2.6 (0.8) | 2.6 (0.9) |