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) |