Physical health, life satisfaction and social support of urban and rural elderly
| Scale range | Urban | Rural | t | P values | |
| Mean±SD | Mean±SD | ||||
| Physical health | 1–5 | 3.26±1.02 | 3.36±0.91 | −1.740 | 0.088 |
| Life satisfaction | 5–35 | 26.53±5.73 | 23.80±6.78 | 6.710 | 0.000 |
| Objective support | 1–20 | 6.85±2.28 | 6.33±2.17 | −0.395 | 0.693 |
| Subjective support | 8–32 | 19.34±4.65 | 19.38±5.09 | −0.142 | 0.885 |
| Support utilisation | 3–12 | 6.67±2.64 | 4.94±2.42 | 10.706 | 0.000 |
| Overall social support | 12–64 | 32.29±7.14 | 30.66±7.41 | 3.500 | 0.000 |