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

Table 5

Mean Changes by age group over time in OMFAQ resources.

Variable	60s		80s		100s		𝐹𝑇	𝐹𝑇^∗𝐴	𝜂^2
	T1	T2	T1	T2	T1	T2
	(𝑛=69)		(𝑛=61)		(𝑛=62)
(1) Economic resources	8.01	7.93	8.26	8.26	7.67	7.1	2.19	1.42	.01/.02
	(2.12)	(2.00)	(1.84)	(2.01)	(2.29)	(2.39)
	(𝑛=68)		(𝑛=61)		(𝑛=58)
(2) Mental health	2.12	2.16	2.00	1.98	1.98	1.76	1.39	2.10	.01/.02
	(.72)	(.70)	(.68)	(.72)	(.74)	(.71)
	(𝑛=69)		(𝑛=61)		(𝑛=63)
(3) IADLs	12.88	12.54	12.38	11.30	7.73	5.87	55.71***	9.05***	.23/.09
	(.44)	(.98)	(1.33)	(2.19)	(2.72)	(3.23)
	(𝑛=69)		(𝑛=61)		(𝑛=62)
(4) Physical health	2.07	1.86	2.02	1.98	1.79	1.68	4.91*	.98	.03/.01
	(.78)	(.81)	(.65)	(.67)	(.79)	(.88)
	(𝑛=69)		(𝑛=61)		(𝑛=57)
(5) Social resources	7.77	7.75	7.93	7.71	7.05	6.68	2.40	.62	.01/.01
	(1.19)	(1.17)	(.87)	(1.50)	(1.96)	(1.72)

Standard deviations in parentheses.
^∗𝑃<.05; ^∗∗∗𝑃<.001.