Chapter 9Table 9.3. What affects life- satisfaction (0– 10) over 50: by gender
(ELSA) (unstandardized coefficients)Male FemaleAge 0 (.002) 0.006 (.002)
Ethnicity (nonwhite vs. white) 0.15 (.1) 0.08 (.1)
Education: medium vs. low 0.02 (.04) −0.06 (.03)
Education: high vs. low −0.07 (.04) −0.09 (.04)
Income (decile) 0.01 (.01) 0.02 (.01)
Employment: retired vs. employed 0.11 (.04) 0.04 (.04)
Employment: unemployed/
homemaker vs. employed
−0.01 (.08) −0.08 (.05)Marital status: never married vs.
married
−0.16 (.06) −0.24 (.06)Marital status: divorced vs. married −0.06 (.05) −0.17 (.04)
Marital status: widowed vs. married 0.01 (.06) −0.03 (.04)
Cultural engagement 0.02 (.02) 0.02 (.02)
Organizational involvement 0.03 (.01) 0.03 (.01)
Social network 0.011 (.004) 0.003 (.004)
Short- form UCLA loneliness scale −0.48 (.04) −0.49 (.03)
Positive support 0.22 (.03) 0.31 (.03)
Chronic lung disease −0.04 (.07) 0 (.06)
Cancer −0.07 (.06) −0.04 (.06)
Arthritis −0.01 (.03) −0.02 (.03)
Diabetes 0.01 (.11) −0.07 (.12)
Stroke −0.08 (.15) −0.06 (.18)
CHD −0.1 (.13) −0.09 (.13)
Limiting long- standing illness −0.09 (.04) −0.07 (.04)
Any difficulty with ADL −0.05 (.03) −0.03 (.02)
Hearing 0.001 (.014) −0.01 (.01)
Eyesight 0.06 (.02) 0.03 (.02)