Research Article
Prevalence of Successful Aging in the Elderly in Western Mexico
Table 3
Successful aging by age, sex, education, marital status and pension.
| Variable | Successful aging % () | No Successful aging % () | |
| Age (years) | | | | 60–69 | 18.9 (251) | 81.1 (1079) | .000 | 70–79 | 10.7 (120) | 89.3 (1002) | 80–89 | 3.9 (22) | 96.1 (542) | 90+ | 1.0 (1) | 99.0 (99) | Sex | | | | Women | 9.2 (179) | 90.8 (1770) | .000 | Men | 18.4 (215) | 81.6 (952) | Education (level) | | | | Did not attend school | 5.8 (37) | 94.2 (600) | .000 | Less than high school | 12.4 (220) | 87.6 (1556) | High school or higher | 19.5 (137) | 80.5 (566) | Marital status | | | | Married | 19.9 (344) | 80.1 (1384) | .000 | Widowed/separated/ divorced | 2.9 (35) | 97.1 (1155) | Never married | 7.6 (15) | 92.4 (183) | Pension | | | | Yes | 13.9 (92) | 86.1 (570) | .093 | No | 12.3 (302) | 87.7 (2152) |
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*Chi-square test.
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