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Table 1 Association of socio-demographic variables, lifestyle factors, somatic variables and psychological variables with low and high SWB for men (N = 1780) and women (N = 1822)

From: “In the mood for ageing”: determinants of subjective well-being in older men and women of the population-based KORA-Age study

Variable names

Low subjective well-being

High subjective well-being

p-value

Men (N = 1780)

N = 324 (18.20%)

N = 1456 (81.80%)

 

Socio-demographic variables

 Low education

213 (65.74%)

857 (58.86%)

0.02

 Low income

198 (61.11%)

689 (47.32%)

<.0001

 Living alone

67 (20.68%)

268 (18.41%)

0.34

Lifestyle factors

 Smoking

25 (7.72%)

96 (6.59%)

0.48

 Physical activity-inactive

153 (47.22%)

526 (36.13%)

0.0002

Somatic variables

 Multi-morbidity

305 (94.14%)

1221 (83.86%)

<.0001

Psychological variables

 Anxiety-yes

60 (18.52%)

29 (1.99%)

<.0001

 Depression-yes

17 (5.25%)

5 (0.34%)

<.0001

 Sleeping problems

183 (56.48%)

545 (37.43%)

<.0001

Women (N = 1822)

N = 434 (23.82%)

N = 1388 (76.18%)

 

Socio-demographic variables

 Low education

374 (86.18%)

1177 (84.80%)

0.48

 Low income

246 (56.68%)

684 (49.28%)

0.01

 Family status-living alone

226 (52.07%)

626 (45.10%)

0.01

Lifestyle factors

 Smoking

26 (5.99%)

83 (5.98%)

0.99

 Physical activity-inactive

267 (61.52%)

561 (40.42%)

<0.0001

Somatic variables

 Multi-morbidity

407 (93.78%)

1177 (84.80%)

<0.0001

Psychological variables

 Anxiety-yes

138 (31.80%)

66 (4.76%)

<0.0001

 Depression-yes

40 (9.22%)

5 (0.36%)

<0.0001

 Sleeping problems

295 (67.97%)

601 (43.30%)

<0.0001