Research Article
Socio-Demographic Variables and Successful Aging of the Angolan Elderly
| | Sources of variation | Dependent variables | | | | | Partial |
| | Gender | Satisfaction with life | 1 | 999 | 1.778 | .183 | .002 | | Perceived health | 1 | 999 | 5.751 | .017 | .006 | | Social relations | 1 | 999 | 1.551 | .213 | .002 | | Emotional support from friends | 1 | 999 | 5.083 | .024 | .005 | | Age | Satisfaction with life | 1 | 999 | 339.448 | .000 | .254 | | Perceived health | 1 | 999 | 171.733 | .000 | .147 | | Social relations | 1 | 999 | 165.187 | .000 | .142 | | Emotional support from friends | 1 | 999 | 28.566 | .000 | .028 | | Gender age | Satisfaction with life | 1 | 999 | 21.316 | .000 | .021 | | Perceived health | 1 | 999 | 2.039 | .154 | .002 | | Social relations | 1 | 999 | 0.429 | .513 | .000 | | Emotional support from friends | 1 | 999 | 7.025 | .008 | .007 |
| | Marital status | Satisfaction with life | 2 | 997 | 1.268 | .282 | .003 | | Perceived health | 2 | 997 | 7.639 | .001 | .015 | | Social relations | 2 | 997 | 6.871 | .001 | .014 | | Emotional support from friends | 2 | 997 | 0.005 | .995 | .000 | | Age | Satisfaction with life | 1 | 997 | 112.388 | .000 | .101 | | Perceived health | 1 | 997 | 51.234 | .000 | .049 | | Social relations | 1 | 997 | 32.807 | .000 | .032 | | Emotional support from friends | 1 | 997 | 8.927 | .003 | .009 | | Marital status age | Satisfaction with life | 2 | 997 | 6.872 | .001 | .014 | | Perceived health | 2 | 997 | 2.062 | .128 | .004 | | Social relations | 2 | 997 | 4.722 | .009 | .009 | | Emotional support from friends | 2 | 997 | 0.950 | .387 | .002 |
| | Institutionalization | Satisfaction with life | 1 | 999 | 11.929 | .001 | .012 | | Perceived health | 1 | 999 | 21.463 | .000 | .021 | | Social relations | 1 | 999 | 30.332 | .000 | .029 | | Emotional support from friends | 1 | 999 | 0.410 | .522 | .000 | | Age | Satisfaction with life | 1 | 999 | 191.634 | .000 | .161 | | Perceived health | 1 | 999 | 38.947 | .000 | .038 | | Social relations | 1 | 999 | 73.426 | .000 | .068 | | Emotional support from friends | 1 | 999 | 18.239 | .000 | .018 | | Institutionalization age | Satisfaction with life | 1 | 999 | 32.555 | .000 | .032 | | Perceived health | 1 | 999 | 1.659 | .198 | .002 | | Social relations | 1 | 999 | 7.556 | .006 | .008 | | Emotional support from friends | 1 | 999 | 6.760 | .009 | .007 |
| | Educational level | Satisfaction with life | 2 | 997 | 6.060 | .002 | .012 | | Perceived health | 2 | 997 | 31.428 | .000 | .059 | | Social relations | 2 | 997 | 22.638 | .000 | .043 | | Emotional support from friends | 2 | 997 | 6.763 | .001 | .013 | | Age | Satisfaction with life | 1 | 997 | 368.370 | .000 | .270 | | Perceived health | 1 | 997 | 140.297 | .000 | .123 | | Social relations | 1 | 997 | 192.351 | .000 | .162 | | Emotional support from friends | 1 | 997 | 25.306 | .000 | .025 | | Educational level age | Satisfaction with life | 2 | 997 | 20.621 | .000 | .040 | | Perceived health | 2 | 997 | 10.918 | .000 | .021 | | Social relations | 2 | 997 | 8.032 | .000 | .016 | | Emotional support from friends | 2 | 997 | 1.669 | .189 | .003 |
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Notes: statistically significant relationships appear in italics; = degrees of freedom of the effect; = degrees of freedom of the error.
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