Table 3.

Social interaction factors affecting life satisfaction by age group.

Variables		Life Satisfaction
		65–74 Age Group			≥75 Age Group
		β	SE	p	β	SE	p
Social interaction
① Frequency of social activities
Hobby clubs		0.02	0.02	0.178	0.07	0.03	0.001
Social gatherings		0.03	0.01	0.074	0.02	0.02	0.470
Religious activities		0.01	0.01	0.567	0.06	0.01	0.063
Voluntary activities		0.04	0.02	0.007	−0.05	0.03	0.050
Senior citizen community centers		0.00	0.01	0.962	0.08	0.01	0.001
② Frequency of social contacts
Meeting	Children	0.17	0.01	<0.001	0.01	0.02	0.722
	Friends	0.04	0.01	0.067	−0.02	0.02	0.465
Phone-call	Children	−0.03	0.01	0.099	0.07	0.02	0.013
	Friends	0.02	0.01	0.413	0.11	0.02	0.002
R2		0.251			0.267
Adjusted R2		0.246			0.256
F(p)		46.01 (<0.001)			23.22 (<0.001)

Adjusted variables: sex, age, education level, religion, living arrangement, residential area, independence in daily help, perceived health status, perceived health status of spouse, housing ownership, annual household income, number of surviving children and grandchildren, and number of intimate kinships and friends.