Psychosocial Factors Associated with Longevity in the United States: Age Differences between the Old and Oldest-Old in the Health and Retirement Study
Table 4
Differences in life satisfaction between the old (age 70–79) and the oldest-old (age 90–104), HRS 2006/2008.
N
Strongly agree
Somewhat/ slightly agree
Somewhat/ slightly disagree
Strongly disagree
Life is close to ideal
Age 70–79
3,780
20.9
55.4
17.0
6.7
.063
Age 90–104
240
16.8
56.0
20.6
6.6
Conditions of life are excellent
Age 70–79
3,866
20.9
52.5
19.3
7.3
n.s.
Age 90–104
243
20.4
52.6
19.6
7.4
Satisfied with life
Age 70–79
3,974
36.3
47.4
11.7
4.6
n.s.
Age 90–104
253
34.6
47.3
13.0
5.2
Gotten important things in life
Age 70–79
3,967
33.1
52.5
10.9
3.6
n.s.
Age 90–104
260
35.5
51.0
9.4
4.2
Would not change life
Age 70–79
3,926
19.5
46.3
22.5
11.6
n.s.
Age 90–104
251
25.9
42.4
21.4
10.3
Life satisfaction scale
Mean (s.d.)
Age 70–79
4,095
4.40 (1.45)
n.s.
Age 90–104
269
4.39 (1.27)
Note: Figures shown are weighted sample sizes and percentages and weighted scale means with standard deviation in parentheses. values denoting statistical significance of age differences were obtained using Wald chi square tests for the items and tests from bivariate OLS regression for the scale mean.
