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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (n = 400)

From: Psychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population

Variables

% (n)

Gender

 Female

39.5 (158)

 Male

60.5 (242)

Marital status

 Single

7.3 (29)

 Married

82.8 (331)

 Divorced

3.3 (13)

 Widowed

6.8 (27)

Education level

 Illiterate

4.5 (18)

 Less than diploma

20.3 (81)

 Diploma

20.0 (80)

 BS/ MS/ PhD

55.3 (221)

Employment

 Unemployed

6.0 (24)

 Employed

26.3 (105)

 Retired

43.0 (172)

 Housewife

14.0 (56)

 Volunteer

10.8 (43)

Economic status

 Low

11.0 (44)

 Medium

32.3 (129)

 High

56.8 (227)

Number of children

 None

11.0 (44)

 One

10.5 (42)

 Two

33.0 (132)

 Three

22.5 (90)

 Four and more

23.0 (92)