Table 2 Associations between self-perceived uselessness and subsequent successful aging indicators, CLHLS 2000–2011/2012
Successful aging indicators | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Remaining ADL independent in a subsequent wave for those who were ADL Independent at a wave | Remaining IADL independent in a subsequent wave for those who were IADL Independent at a wave | Remaining cognitively unimpaired in a subsequent wave for those who were cognitively unimpaired at a wave | Remaining good life satisfaction in a subsequent wave for those who were reported good life satisfaction at a wave | Remaining good self-rated health in a subsequent wave for those who were good self-rated health at a wave | |
Ages 65+ | |||||
Self-perceived uselessness | |||||
Always (never) | 0.57*** (0.48–0.67) | 0.69*** (0.55–0.86) | 0.76*** (0.65–0.90) | 0.76*** (0.65–0.90) | 0.84* (0.71–1.00) |
Often (never) | 0.65*** (0.57–0.75) | 0.70*** (0.59–0.83) | 0.73*** (0.64–0.83) | 0.83** (0.74–0.94) | 0.70*** (0.61–0.80) |
Sometimes (never) | 0.77*** (0.68–0.86) | 0.87* (0.77–0.98) | 0.82*** (0.74–0.90) | 0.82*** (0.75–0.90) | 0.75*** (0.68–0.82) |
Seldom (never) | 0.93 (0.82–1.06) | 0.96 (0.84–1.09) | 0.95 (0.85–1.06) | 0.90* (0.82–1.00) | 0.88* (0.80–0.98) |
Unable to answer (never) | 0.50*** (0.42–0.61) | 0.43*** (0.28–0.66) | 0.77 (0.54–1.10) | 0.61*** (0.48–0.77) | 0.54*** (0.41–0.72) |
N | 25,212 | 10,523 | 21,140 | 17,568 | 15,462 |
No. of individuals | 16,241 | 7,180 | 13,959 | 12,963 | 11,648 |
Wald chi square | 1090.7*** | 922.0*** | 1531.8*** | 244.0*** | 290.6*** |
rho | 0.20*** | 0.09*** | 0.07*** | 0.10*** | 0.10*** |
Ages 80+ | |||||
Self–perceived uselessness | |||||
Always (never) | 0.61*** (0.50–0.74) | 0.94 (0.62–1.42) | 0.76*** (0.63–0.92) | 0.75** (0.61–0.90) | 0.83* (0.68–1.02) |
Often (never) | 0.70*** (0.60–0.81) | 0.84 (0.62–1.14) | 0.66*** (0.57–0.76) | 0.82** (0.70–0.95) | 0.71*** (0.61–0.83) |
Sometimes (never) | 0.83** (0.73–0.94) | 1.04 (0.84–1.29) | 0.80*** (0.71–0.90) | 0.82** (0.73–0.93) | 0.75*** (0.67–0.84) |
Seldom (never) | 0.96 (0.83–1.11) | 1.20 (0.95–1.52) | 0.92 (0.81–1.04) | 0.91 (0.80–1.03) | 0.86* (0.76–0.97) |
Unable to answer (never) | 0.51*** (0.41–0.62) | 0.39** (0.19–0.79) | 0.62* (0.42–0.90) | 0.60*** (0.46–0.78) | 0.50*** (0.37–0.68) |
N | 15,196 | 3,095 | 11,748 | 11,672 | 10,072 |
No. of individuals | 11,084 | 2,672 | 8,843 | 9,135 | 8,054 |
Wald chi square | 583.0*** | 135.8*** | 713.1*** | 198.8*** | 198.9*** |
rho | 0.16*** | 0.06*** | 0.04*** | 0.11*** | 0.09*** |