Table 5 Comparison of attitudes towards old age according to selected sociodemographic factors
From: Predictors of attitudes towards aging in elderly living in community care
Psychosocial Loss | Physical Change | Psychological Growth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | p | Mean (SD) | p | Mean (SD) | p | |
Gender | ||||||
Man (n = 343) | 25.8 (5.1) | 0.308 | 27.6 (4.5) | 0.007 | 27.9 (3.4) | 0.954 |
Women (n = 831) | 26.0 (4.9) | 28.4 (4.3) | 27.9 (3.8) | |||
Living with | ||||||
Alone (n = 485) | 25.5 (5.2) | 0.044 | 28.3 (4.5) | 0.244 | 27.7 (3.9) | 0.089 |
With (n = 689) | 26.3 (4.8) | 28.1 (4.3) | 28.0 (3.5) | |||
Working | ||||||
No (n = 983) | 25.6 (4.9) | 0.000 | 28.0 (4.4) | 0.001 | 27.7 (3.7) | 0.007 |
Yes (n = 191) | 27.6 (4.9) | 29.4 (3.9) | 28.6 (3.7) | |||
Marital status | ||||||
Single (n = 45) | 26.2 (5.3) | 0.038 | 28.5 (4.2) | 0.755 | 27.6 (3.3) | 0.942 |
Married (n = 564) | 26.3 (4.7) | 28.1 (4.2) | 27.8 (3.4) | |||
Divorced (n = 198) | 26.7 (5.1) | 28.6 (4.3) | 27.9 (3.6) | |||
Widow (n = 367) | 25.2 (5.3) | 27.9 (4.7) | 27.9 (4.1) | |||