Attitudes to ageing mediates the relationship between perception of age-friendly city and life satisfaction among middle-aged and older people in Macao: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Correlation between socio-demographic characteristics of the participants and SWLS (n = 543)

Variables		n	%	Mean	SD	F/ t	p
Gender						-0.07	0.94
	Male	191	35.17	24.04	5.80
	Female	352	64.83	24.07	5.60
Age (years)						-5.67	< 0.001
	45 to 64	351	64.64	23.03	5.19
	≧ 65	192	35.36	25.95	6.01
Education level						3.46	0.03^a
	Primary school or below	99	18.23	25.34	7.53
	Secondary school	225	41.44	23.56	5.33
	Associate degree or above	219	40.33	24.00	4.91
Marital status
	Never married	40	7.37	23.13	4.42	0.94	0.39
	Cohabited/ married	425	78.27	24.23	5.62
	Separated/ Divorced/ Widowed	78	14.36	23.64	6.41
Children
	None	91	16.76	23.64	4.76
	Yes	452	83.24	24.15	5.83
Living status						-0.32	0.75
	Living alone	72	13.26	23.86	6.37
	Living with others	471	86.74	24.09	5.56
Self-rated health						-6.79	< 0.001
	Fair/ (very) bad	344	63.35	22.85	5.70
	(Very) Good	199	36.65	26.15	4.96

^a Homogeneity of variance was not assumed, Games-Howell method was used as post-hoc comparison
**p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
SD = standard deviation

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