Socio-Demographic Variables and Successful Aging of the Angolan Elderly

Table 4

Means and standard errors of the dependent variables on each group of the sociodemographic factors.

Factors	⁢Perceived health		⁢Life satisfaction		⁢Social relations		⁢Support
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Age
79 or less	2.003	.016	3.847	.053	3.950	.057	1.904	.022
80 or older	1.593	.027	1.995	.086	2.544	.093	1.680	.036
Gender
Men	1.836	.025	2.854	.080	3.315	.088	1.745	.034
Women	1.761	.019	2.988	.060	3.179	.066	1.839	.025
Marital status
Single/divorced	1.619	.049	2.693	.154	3.671	.170	1.789	.067
Widow/widowed	1.792	.017	2.847	.053	3.068	.059	1.795	.023
Married	1.956	.086	3.184	.271	3.610	.298	1.791	.118
Institutionalization
No	1.992	.049	3.273	.148	3.941	.163	1.820	.067
Yes	1.751	.016	2.734	.048	3.000	.053	1.775	.022
Educational level
Low	1.674	.022	2.767	.070	2.869	.076	1.723	.030
Medium	1.816	.024	3.121	.078	3.505	.084	1.875	.033
High	1.987	.034	3.033	.111	3.645	.120	1.864	.047

Note: SE = standard error.