Sources & Notes for Tables & FiguresFigure 8.2. Subjective well- being by level of economic development
and historical heritage of given societies, ca. 1990
Source: Inglehart and Klingemann (2000).
Figure 9.1. Average life- satisfaction (0– 10): by age (ELSA)
Note: Mean life- satisfaction ratings from wave 6 of ELSA (2012) by age
and sex.
Figure 9.2. What affects life- satisfaction over age 50? (ELSA) (cross-
section) (β- coefficients)
Notes: These charts show the standardized β- coefficient for each vari-
able contributing to the four sets of factors potentially contributing
to life- satisfaction. All estimates are mutually adjusted, i.e., all vari-
ables are included in a single model. The variables age, sex, ethnicity,
education, income, and employment status were also included in
the model.
The proportion of variance explained by the model (adjusted R^2 ) was
33%.
N = 5,413.
Abbreviations: ADL, activity of daily living.
Table 9.1. What affects life- satisfaction (0– 10) aged over 50 (ELSA)
(cross- section) (unstandardized coefficients)
Notes: These charts show the unstandardized coefficients for each vari-
able. All estimates are mutually adjusted, i.e., all variables are in-
cluded in a single model. Abbreviations: CHD, coronary heart dis-
ease; ADL, activity of daily living; CES- D, Centre for Epidemiologic
Studies Depression Scale.
Table 9.2. What affects life- satisfaction (0– 10) over 50: by age range
(ELSA) (unstandardized coefficients)
Abbreviations: CHD, coronary heart disease; ADL, activity of daily liv-
ing; CES- D, Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.
Table 9.3. What affects life- satisfaction (0– 10) over 50: by gender
(ELSA) (unstandardized coefficients)
Coefficients in bold indicate significant associations at the 10% level.
Table 9.4. Changes in characteristics of elderly people over an
eight- year interval (ELSA)
Abbreviations: CHD, coronary heart disease; ADL, activity of daily liv-
ing; CES- D, Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.