Table 3.

Bivariate correlation between health literacy, psychological variables, and subjective expectation of reaching age 85 (n = 5,379)

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. SLE	1.00
2. WTHR	0.05**	1.00
3. Life satisfaction	0.27**	0.28**	1.00
4. Health satisfaction	0.46**	0.04**	0.50**	1.00
5. Self-rated health	0.51**	0.06**	0.33**	0.64**	1.00
6. HRQoL	0.45**	0.06**	0.33**	0.60**	0.72**	1.00
7. Health literacy	0.19**	0.04**	0.17**	0.17**	0.21**	0.20**	1.00
8. IHLC	0.23**	0.07**	0.14**	0.30**	0.32**	0.30**	0.09**	1.00

Variance inflation factor (VIF) < 2.5, for all variables

SLE Subjective life expectation, WTHR Willingness to take health risks, HRQoL Health related quality of life, IHLC Internal health locus of control

^**p < 0.001