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Table 1 Health-related behaviors (%), by socio-demographic characteristics and social relationships (weighted)

From: Social relationships and health related behaviors among older US adults

 

% of N (weighted)

Physically active

Dental visit less than 2 years ago

Current smoker

Heavy drinking

Social networks/support

     

Marital status

     

Married/living with partner

61.9

55.7

70.2

9.9

13.9

Widowed

24.9

41.1

54.6

11.0

11.4

Divorced/separated

10.5

45.5

61.4

25.6

24.1

Single

2.7

38.7

55.8

14.6

22.4

Number of close friends

     

0-4

35.8

41.2

56.7

13.6

15.0

5-8

31.6

55.5

69.1

9.9

13.5

9 or more

32.6

56.0

70.1

12.1

15.2

Emotional support

     

Sufficient emotional support

81.3

52.8

66.2

11.5

14.4

Lack of emotional support

18.7

40.7

59.8

13.8

15.5

Socio-demographic characteristics

     

Gender

     

Men

44.4

56.8

65.4

13.5

14.9

Women

55.6

45.6

64.7

10.7

14.3

P-value for chi-square test

 

p < 0.001

p = 0.542

p < 0.001

p = 0.056

Age group

     

60–70

50.7

55.4

67.3

16.4

18.8

71–80

34.0

49.4

64.1

9.0

11.2

81 and older

15.3

37.0

59.3

3.6

8.1

Poverty-income ratio (quartiles)

     

Top

25.3

65.9

84.2

8.6

18.0

Second

24.8

57.9

72.6

10.4

14.3

Third

25.1

46.6

62.4

12.5

13.1

Bottom

24.8

32.1

41.1

16.2

13.0

Education

     

More than high school

41.5

62.7

81.0

9.7

15.2

High school diploma

29.3

50.1

62.8

12.2

14.9

Less than high school

29.2

33.7

44.4

14.9

13.6

Ethnicity

     

White Americans

82.2

52.8

67.2

11.2

13.8

African Americans

7.8

37.0

55.6

16.3

18.2

Mexican Americans

3.1

37.4

53.9

12.6

20.7

Other Hispanic Americans

3.8

37.2

51.2

18.9

17.2

Other

3.1

53.7

57.2

11.5

16.8