Age Differences and Changes in Resources Essential to Aging Well: A Comparison of Sexagenarians, Octogenarians, and Centenarians

Table 3

Correlation matrix of resources (Time 1 below the diagonal; Time 2 above the diagonal).

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6
(1) Age group	—	−.17**	−.24***	−.73***	−.10	−.29***
(2) Economic resources	−.03	—	.19**	.27***	.28***	.09
(3) Mental health	−.07	.31***	—	.20**	.34***	.10
(4) IADLs	−.73***	.15*	.15*	—	.31***	.27***
(5) Physical health	−.15*	.31***	.50***	.22**	—	.13*
(6) Social resources	−.20**	.13*	.16*	.27***	.20**	—

^∗𝑃≤.05; ^∗∗𝑃≤.01; ^∗∗∗𝑃≤.001 (one-tailed tests).
Age group scored so that 0=60s; 1=80s; 2=100s.