Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study population
Community Level Social Trust | p value | Community Level Social Reciprocity | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower half | Upper half | Lower half | Upper half | |||
Range of social capital, % | 37.1–61.9 | 62.0–99.8 | 14.6–36.3 | 36.6–96.6 | ||
Number of districts | 73 | 176 | 68 | 181 | ||
Number of participants | 318,525 | 317,530 | 317,994 | 318,061 | ||
Age, years, N (%) | ||||||
20–29 | 62,205 (19.5) | 67,108 (21.1) | < 0.001 | 61,360 (19.3) | 67,953 (21.4) | < 0.001 |
30–39 | 71,760 (22.5) | 79,603 (25.1) | 72,187 (22.7) | 79,176 (24.9) | ||
40–49 | 77,100 (24.2) | 77,792 (24.5) | 76,164 (24.0) | 78,728 (24.8) | ||
50–59 | 58,745 (18.4) | 55,836 (17.6) | 58,581 (18.4) | 56,000 (17.6) | ||
≥ 60 | 48,715 (15.3) | 37,191 (11.7) | 49,702 (15.6) | 36,204 (11.4) | ||
Sex, N (%) | ||||||
Men | 159,571 (50.1) | 158,339 (49.9) | 0.065 | 160,650 (50.5) | 157,260 (49.4) | < 0.001 |
Women | 158,954 (49.9) | 159,191 (50.1) | 157,344 (49.5) | 160,801 (50.6) | ||
Household income, quartiles, N (%) | ||||||
1st (highest) | 78,930 (24.8) | 81,558 (25.7) | < 0.001 | 72,315 (22.7) | 88,173 (27.7) | < 0.001 |
2nd | 101,376 (31.8) | 102,151 (32.2) | 102,827 (32.3) | 100,700 (31.7) | ||
3rd | 80,783 (25.4) | 83,906 (26.4) | 83,987 (26.4) | 80,702 (25.4) | ||
4th (lowest) | 57,436 (18.0) | 49,915 (15.7) | 58,865 (18.5) | 48,486 (15.2) | ||
Charlson comorbidity index, N (%) | ||||||
0 | 126,837 (39.8) | 130,002 (40.9) | < 0.001 | 125,071 (39.3) | 131,768 (41.4) | < 0.001 |
1 | 110,843 (34.8) | 112,709 (35.5) | 110,678 (34.8) | 112,874 (35.5) | ||
≥ 2 | 80,845 (25.4) | 74,819 (23.6) | 82,245 (25.9) | 73,419 (23.1) | ||