Lonely No More: Investigating the Connection between Family Health, Social Support, and Well-being in Chinese “Empty Nest Youth”

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the participants (N = 908).

Variables M ± SD or n (%)

Age 27.90 ± 3.93
Gender  
  Male 613(67.5)
  Female 295(32.5)
Occupational Status  
  Employed 626(68.9)
  Student 155(17.1)
  Self-employed 75(8.3)
  Unemployed 52(6.7)
Place of residence  
  Rural 2,551(46.6)
  Urban 2,922(53.4)
Highest education level  
  Junior high school and below 45(4.8)
  Junior college 34(3.7)
  High School 94(10.4)
  College 125(13.8)
  Undergraduate 470(51.8)
  Master and above 140(15.4)
Place of residence  
  Rural areas 182(20.0)
  Urban areas 726(80.0)
Monthly per capita household income (yuan)  
  ≤1000 32(3.5)
  1001–2000 44(4.8)
  2001–3000 112(12.3)
  3001–4000 123(13.5)
  4001–5000 130(14.3)
  5001–6000 116(12.8)
  6001–9000 146(16.1)
  9001–12,000 86(9.5)
  12,001–15,000 40(4.4)
  ≥15,000 79(8.7)