Items

Objective support score

Subjective support score

Support utilization

Total sore

Male

10.50 ± 2.56

19.38 ± 4.87

7.88 ± 1.25

37.75 ± 7.50

Female

12.40 ± 2.88

22.60 ± 3.54

9.10 ± 1.73

44.00 ± 4.30

T statistics

−1.460

−1.579

−1.681

−2.228

P value

0.164

0.134

0.112

0.041^*

18 - 44 yrs

12.07 ± 2.97

20.21 ± 3.89

8.50 ± 1.16

40.79 ± 6.34

45 - 64 yrs

9.75 ± 1.26

24.25 ± 4.99

8.75 ± 2.99

42.75 ± 8.14

T statistics

2.290

−1.729

−0.164

−0.516

P value

0.04^*

0.103

0.879

0.613

Total samples

11.56 ± 2.83

21.11 ± 4.35

8.56 ± 1.62

41.22 ± 6.57