Study on Life Satisfaction of the Elderly Based on Healthy Aging

Table 2

Descriptive statistics and variables (N = 13168).

Characteristics		Frequencies (%)	Variables		Definition
Sex	Male	6089(46.24)	Sex	Male	1
	Female	7079(53.76)		Female	0
Age	65–79	5211(39.57)	Age	65–79	0
	80–99	6319(47.99)		>80	1
	>100	1638(12.44)	Residence	Urban	1
Residence	Urban	3028(23.00)		Rural	0
	Rural	10140(77.00)	Marriage	Unmarried	0
Marriage	Unmarried	119(0.90)		Married	1
	Married and living with spouse	5755(43.70)	Types of elderly care	Alone	0
	Married and not living with spouse	379(2.88)		With others	1
	Divorce	48(0.36)	Life satisfaction	Satisfied	1
	Widowed	6867(52.15)		Dissatisfied	0
Types of elderly care	With household member(s) alone	10576(80.32) 2158(16.39)	6 dimensions	S < 0.5	0
				S ≥ 0.5	1
	In an institution	434(3.30)

Note. About life satisfaction, “satisfied” means the answer from the participant is “very good” or “good”. And “dissatisfied” means the answer from the participant is “general” “poor” or “very poor”.