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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics, social capital and loneliness for four different age groups in Western Finland, 2011

From: The association between social capital and loneliness in different age groups: a population-based study in Western Finland

 

15–29

30–49

50–64

65–80

 

(n = 774)

(n = 1217)

(n = 1528)

(n = 1080)

Gender

    

 Men

39.5

41.2

43.6

46.3

 Women

60.5

58.7

56.4

53.7

Educational level

    

 Lower

52.9

51.2

74.3

89

 Higher

47.1

48.8

25.7

11.0

Marital status

    

 Single

51.2

16.9

23.9

31.5

 Couple

48.8

83.1

76.1

68.5

Language

    

 Finnish

82.5

84.5

84.7

80.4

 Swedish

17.5

15.5

15.3

19.6

Social contacts

    

  Friends

    

 Infrequent

4.0

14.3

22.8

24.8

 Frequent

96.0

85.7

77.2

75.2

Neigbours

    

 Infrequent

53.7

42.3

38

30.3

 Frequent

46.3

57.7

62

69.7

Organisational activity

   

 Not Active

80.6

75.1

76.9

70

 Active

19.4

24.9

23.1

30

Trust

    

 Mistrust

16.0

15.5

21.0

23.0

 Trust

84.0

84.5

79.0

77.0

Neighbourhood belonging

   

 Strong

69.5

80.5

82

85.9

 Weak

30.5

19.5

18

14.1

Loneliness

    

 Often

7.3

5.1

4.8

3.3

 Sometimes

32.2

28.7

26.0

24.0

 Seldom

42.9

40.3

40.0

38.4

 Never

17.6

25.9

29.2

34.4