The Origins of Happiness

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9 Happiness at Older Ages Andrew Steptoe and Camille Lassale Old age hath yet his honour and his toil. — Alfred Tennyson, Ulysse ...

Chapter 9 9.1 outlines this pattern with data from the English Lon- gitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Participants responded to ...

Happiness at Older Ages at older ages. There are, of course, very large variations be- tween people, so understanding what facto ...

Chapter 9 analyses can be found in online Annex 9, and description of the sample characteristics is provided in online Table A9. ...

Happiness at Older Ages Never married (ref=married) Divorced (ref=married) Widowed (ref=married) Cultural engagement Organizatio ...

Chapter 9 The second set of factors we evaluate relates to physical health. This is assessed in terms of the presence of doctor- ...

Happiness at Older Ages cognitive capacity. The latter is assessed by aggregating re- sponses on a series of cognitive tests of ...

Chapter 9 Table 9.1. What affects life- satisfaction (0– 10) aged over 50 (ELSA) (cross- section) (unstandardized coefficients) ...

Happiness at Older Ages these results are summarized in Table 9.2. Overall, the vari- ation in life- satisfaction explained by t ...

Chapter 9 Table 9.2. What affects life- satisfaction (0– 10) over 50: by age range (ELSA) (unstandardized coefficients) 54– 64 6 ...

Happiness at Older Ages mental well- being being most important. Physical health and functional capacity play a somewhat larger ...

Chapter 9 Table 9.3. What affects life- satisfaction (0– 10) over 50: by gender (ELSA) (unstandardized coefficients) Male Female ...

Happiness at Older Ages illness) and functional abilities have a stronger impact on life- satisfaction in men than women. The on ...

Chapter 9 well- being of older men and women. We have therefore tested how changes in economic, social, and personal fac- tors a ...

Table 9.4. Changes in characteristics of elderly people over an eight- year interval (ELSA) 2004 2012 Change 2004– 12 Mean (SD) ...

2004 2012 Change 2004– 12 Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) % worse % better Arthritis* 0.32 (0.47) 0.42 (0.49) 0.11 (0.37) 12 2 Dia ...

Happiness at Older Ages Married to divorced/widowed Nonmarried to married Increase in cultural engagement Increase in organizati ...

Chapter 9 Table 9.5. What affects changes in life- satisfaction (0– 10) over an eight- year interval (ELSA) Unit Unstandardized ...

Happiness at Older Ages examined before. The social relationship and engagement fac- tors are once again the most important. Sur ...