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Table 1 Descriptive analysis results of participants characteristics (N = 1810)

From: Association between social capital and depression among older people: evidence from Anhui Province, China

Variables

Total

N = 1810 *

Fuyang

N = 567 *

Xuancheng

N = 603 *

Hefei

N = 640 *

Age (years), range (60–96)

70.00 ± 7.51

70.47 ± 7.55

70.65 ± 7.24

72.37 ± 7.60

 60–64

399 (22.0)

146 (25.7)

139 (23.1)

114 (17.8)

 65–69

424 (23.4)

138 (24.3)

154 (25.5)

132 (20.6)

 70–74

421 (23.3)

119 (21.0)

143 (23.7)

159 (24.8)

 ≥75

566 (31.3)

164 (28.9)

167 (27.7)

235 (36.7)

Gender

 Male

770 (42.5)

220 (38.8)

277 (45.9)

273 (42.7)

 Female

1040 (57.5)

347 (61.2)

326 (54.1)

367 (57.3)

BMI (kg/m2), range (14.5–45.9)

22.72 ± 3.44

23.48 ± 3.65

22.13 ± 3.30

22.59 ± 3.27

Residence

 Urban

801 (44.3)

249 (43.9)

218 (36.2)

334 (52.2)

 Rural

1009 (55.7)

318 (56.1)

385 (63.8)

306 (47.8)

Living status

 Living alone

243 (13.4)

66 (11.6)

72 (11.9)

105 (16.4)

 Living with others

1567 (86.6)

501 (88.4)

531 (88.1)

535 (83.6)

Marital status

 Married / cohabited

1402 (77.5)

440 (77.6)

475 (78.8)

487 (76.1)

 Never married / divorced

19 (1.0)

4 (0.7)

8 (1.3)

7 (1.1)

 Widowed

389 (21.5)

123 (21.7)

120 (19.9)

146 (22.8)

Education

 Primary school and below

1291 (71.3)

439 (77.4)

463 (76.8)

389 (60.8)

 Junior high school

291 (16.1)

72 (12.7)

75 (12.4)

144 (22.5)

 High school

163 (9.0)

45 (7.9)

48 (8.0)

70 (10.9)

 College and above

65 (3.6)

11 (1.9)

17 (2.8)

37 (5.7)

Smoking status

 Smoking-quitter

99 (5.5)

29 (5.1)

40 (6.6)

30 (4.7)

 Smoker

299 (16.5)

93 (16.4)

130 (21.6)

76 (11.9)

 Non-smoker

1412 (78.0)

445 (78.5)

433 (71.8)

534 (83.4)

Drinking status

 Drinking-quitter

70 (3.9)

33 (5.8)

15 (2.5)

22 (3.4)

 Drinker

256 (14.1)

68 (12.0)

102 (16.9)

86 (13.4)

 Non-drinker

1484 (82.0)

466 (82.2)

486 (80.6)

532 (83.1)

Social participation, range (4–20)

7.34 ± 3.80

5.95 ± 2.67

6.94 ± 3.36

8.95 ± 4.40

Social support, range (4–20)

12.06 ± 5.29

11.91 ± 5.46

12.04 ± 4.71

12.20 ± 5.64

Social connection, range (3–15)

12.20 ± 2.49

12.23 ± 2.29

12.10 ± 2.70

12.27 ± 2.47

Trust, range (3–15)

12.89 ± 2.30

12.96 ± 2.16

12.54 ± 2.48

13.15 ± 2.20

Cohesion, range (5–25)

19.36 ± 4.73

19.89 ± 4.08

18.12 ± 5.19

20.06 ± 4.59

Reciprocity, range (3–15)

10.54 ± 3.36

10.28 ± 3.53

10.43 ± 3.42

10.88 ± 3.12

Depression, range (16–64)

49.13 ± 11.30

46.13 ± 12.54

49.03 ± 12.54

51.87 ± 9.57

  1. Note: * continuous variables are presented as range and mean ± standard deviation, categorical variables are presented as number (%)