Chapter 9Table 9.2. What affects life- satisfaction (0– 10) over 50: by age range
(ELSA) (unstandardized coefficients)54– 64 65+
Age 0.01 (.01) 0.002 (.002)
Female 0.04 (.04) −0.02 (.03)
Ethnicity (nonwhite vs. white) 0.18 (.09) 0.01 (.1)
Education: medium vs. low 0.01 (.04) −0.05 (.03)
Education: high vs. low −0.03 (.05) −0.13 (.04)
Income (decile) 0.02 (.01) 0.01 (.01)
Employment: retired vs.
employed
0.11 (.04) 0.03 (.05)Employment: unemployed/
homemaker vs. employed
−0.1 (.06) 0.01 (.07)Marital status: never married vs.
married
−0.26 (.06) −0.1 (.06)Marital status: divorced vs.
married
−0.19 (.05) −0.07 (.05)Marital status: widowed vs.
married
−0.29 (.09) 0.04 (.04)Cultural engagement 0.02 (.02) 0.01 (.01)
Organizational involvement 0.02 (.01) 0.03 (.01)
Social network 0.01 (.005) 0.003 (.003)
Short- form UCLA loneliness scale −0.54 (.04) −0.45 (.03)
Positive support 0.25 (.04) 0.28 (.03)
Chronic lung disease −0.18 (.1) 0.04 (.05)
Cancer −0.19 (.08) −0.03 (.05)
Arthritis 0.00 (.04) −0.01 (.03)
Diabetes 0.06 (.15) −0.07 (.1)
Stroke 0.26 (.31) −0.12 (.12)
CHD −0.05 (.22) −0.08 (.1)
Limiting long- standing illness −0.05 (.05) −0.09 (.03)