Physical health, life satisfaction and social support of urban and rural elderly in relation to preference for family or institutional eldercare
| Urban areas | Rural areas | |||||||
| Family eldercare | Institutional eldercare | t | P values | Family eldercare | Institutional eldercare | t | P values | |
| Mean±SD | Mean±SD | Mean±SD | Mean±SD | |||||
| Physical health | 3.21±1.04 | 3.31±0.99 | −1.252 | 0.211 | 3.37±0.95 | 3.36±0.84 | 0.126 | 0.902 |
| Life satisfaction | 26.53±5.76 | 26.53±5.70 | −0.008 | 0.994 | 23.52±6.77 | 24.20±6.81 | −1.022 | 0.307 |
| Subjective support | 20.21±4.55 | 18.40±4.57 | 4.788 | 0.000 | 20.01±4.64 | 18.48±5.55 | 2.969 | 0.002 |
| Objective support | 6.97±2.10 | 5.54±2.24 | 7.961 | 0.000 | 6.70±2.09 | 5.81±2.20 | 4.197 | 0.000 |
| Support utilisation | 6.67±2.59 | 6.65±2.71 | 0.110 | 0.913 | 4.97±2.44 | 4.89±2.39 | 0.363 | 0.717 |
| Overall social support | 33.87±7.02 | 30.59±6.89 | 5.667 | 0.000 | 31.69±6.97 | 29.19±7.77 | 3.459 | 0.001 |
Bold values indicate <0.05.