Demographic variables for the different social network types
| Friend focused | Few friends | Diverse | Family focused | Community focused | Close family | Restricted | Overall | Effect size (p value) | |
| Age | |||||||||
| Mean age (SD) | 64.43 (10.74) | 61.06 (10.00) | 60.99 (9.96) | 60.26 (9.64) | 63.93 (10.46) | 61.88 (9.95) | 65.66 (10.49) | 62.47 (10.36) | 0.030 (<0.001) |
| Social support | |||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 83.67 (15.79) | 78.31 (20.78) | 88.08 (12.41) | 84.12 (15.06) | 86.12 (15.39) | 83.54 (15.90) | 75.27 (23.40) | 83.14 (17.27) | 0.045 (<0.001) |
| Sex assigned at birth, % | |||||||||
| Male | 45.7 | 48.8 | 48.0 | 43.0 | 52.1 | 46.8 | 54.9 | 47.8 | 0.064 (<0.001) |
| Female | 54.3 | 51.2 | 52.0 | 57.0 | 47.9 | 53.2 | 45.1 | 52.2 | |
| Marital status, % | |||||||||
| Married or partnered | 70.0 | 64.4 | 80.1 | 72.7 | 74.7 | 73.4 | 64.5 | 71.5 | 0.098 (<0.001) |
| Single | 17.8 | 27.4 | 11.6 | 18.2 | 15.3 | 16.5 | 22.6 | 18.5 | |
| Widowed | 12.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 12.8 | 10.0 | |
| Educational attainment, % | |||||||||
| Less than secondary education | 5.4 | 9.9 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 7.2 | 0.063 (<0.001) |
| Secondary school graduation, no postsecondary | 10.6 | 15.1 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 12.1 | 14.8 | 12.3 | |
| Some postsecondary education | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.4 | |
| Postsecondary degree or diploma | 76.3 | 67.3 | 75.2 | 74.1 | 78.3 | 69.6 | 66.9 | 73.1 | |
| Household income, % | |||||||||
| Less than US$20 000 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 13.1 | 5.5 | 0.102 (<0.001) |
| US$20 000–US$50 000 | 29.1 | 31.5 | 21.0 | 24.3 | 24.5 | 28.3 | 35.8 | 27.5 | |
| US$50 000–US$100 000 | 36.8 | 36.0 | 39.1 | 38.4 | 37.8 | 38.3 | 34.7 | 37.3 | |
| US$100 000 or more | 30.0 | 23.9 | 36.7 | 33.2 | 34.4 | 27.6 | 16.5 | 29.6 | |