Loneliness in the elderly in Mexico, challenges to the public policies

The Journal of Chinese Sociology

Table 5 t test and Levene’s test statistics by gender

Variable	Mean male	Mean female	t	df	p value	Levene	p value
Loneliness	16.525	18.886	− 2.198	1124	0.028	2.102	0.147
Stress	9.604	11.173	− 3.773	1124	< 0.001	5.538	0.018
Social support	18.249	17.987	0.723	1124	0.469	0.028	0.867
Family interaction	13.960	13.809	0.573	1124	0.566	0.902	0.342

Note: t refers to the t test statistic, and df refers to the degrees of freedom. P-values smaller than 0.05 are italicized in the table