Table 5: Overview of the most important statistically significant findings for the subscales of the LSNS-18.

Age: Older participants had better social contacts with their neighbors, yet less social contact with friends than younger participants

- Positively correlated with neighbors subscale (p < 0.001)

- Negatively correlated with friends subscale (p = 0.003)

Gender

- Women more likely to score high on family subscale (p < 0.001)

- Women more likely to score high on friends subscale (p = 0.029)

Having children

- Positively correlated with family subscale (p < 0.001)

- Negatively correlated with friends subscale (p = 0.002)

Being married, living with a partner or being in a relationship

- Positively correlated to the family subscale (p < 0.001)

Having finished higher education

- Correlated with higher score on family subscale (p = 0.002)

- Correlated with higher score on neighbors subscale (p = 0.003)

- Correlated with higher score on friends subscale (p = 0.005)

Having a higher income

- Correlated with higher score on family subscale (p < 0.001)

- Correlated with higher score on friends subscale (p = 0.004)

Living in the same community for longer

- Correlated with higher score on neighbors subscale (p = 0.004)

Participants who felt they spent enough time participating in community activities

- Correlated with higher score on family subscale (p < 0.001)

- Correlated with higher score on friends subscale (p < 0.001)

- Correlated with higher score on neighbors subscale (p < 0.001)

Participants who felt they contributed enough to their community

- Correlated with higher score on family subscale (p < 0.001)

- Correlated with higher score on friends subscale (p < 0.001)

- Correlated with higher score on neighbors subscale (p < 0.001)