Fig. 3

Sex and age pattern of duration of social contact by location. Social contact patterns by gender and age are related to the location of the interaction. When summing across all locations, younger women had a slightly higher duration of contact than men of the same age, while elderly men had a higher duration of contact than elderly women. However, patterns of social interaction in the home/yard and at work show important gender differences. Women have greater durations of social contact in the home or yard under the age of 55, but then men have more social interaction after age 55. In contrast, men of nearly all ages have greater duration of social contact at work but it is most evident from ages 25 to 60. In these figures, the duration of contacts at is not restricted to interactions with household members