Do Changes in Welfare and Health Policy Affect Life Satisfaction of Older Citizens in Europe?

Table 6

Regression analysis and enter method, between changes in independent variables between 2006 and 2014 and life satisfaction of citizens of 65 years and older in 2013 as dependent variable in 31 European countries.

Life satisfaction of older citizens 65+ in 2013	Unstandardised coefficients		Standardised coefficients		Significance
	B	Standard error	Beta
Constant	8.699	.696		12.491	.000
Difference in old dependency ratio 2006–2014	−.079	.116	−.120	−.685	.501
Difference in life expectancy 2006–2014	−.521	.225	−.368	−2.318	.030
Difference in % GDP social protection 2006–2014	−.188	.082	−.386	−2.292	.032
Difference in % GDP long-term care 2006–2014	.776	.332	.378	2.335	.029
Difference in aggregate replacement ratio 2006–2014	−.406	2.693	−.025	−.151	.882
Difference in % subjective health as very good 2006–2014	−.042	.025	−.275	−1.682	.107
Difference in % long standing illnesses 2006–2014	−.042	.032	−.220	−1.326	.199
Difference in % unmet needs in health care 2006–2014	.173	.053	.515	3.281	.003