Table 1.
Sample description: Means and standard deviations of sociodemographic and health variables
| Age group
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| Young adults (n = 52)
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Middle-aged adults (n = 51)
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Older adults (n = 55)
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| Variable | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD |
| Age (in years) | 28.68 | 6.19 | 48.06 | 5.10 | 74.43 | 7.61 |
| Education (in years) | 15.08 | 1.87 | 16.26 | 2.36 | 16.02 | 3.48 |
| Annual income (in $1000) | 42.50 | 30.00 | 65.00 | 30.00 | 42.50 | 5.00 |
| Physical health rating | 4.90 | 0.93 | 5.18 | 0.89 | 5.46 | 0.77 |
| Vision rating | 4.64 | 1.27 | 4.45 | 1.14 | 4.95 | 0.78 |
| Hearing rating | 4.98 | 0.87 | 4.94 | 1.10 | 4.47 | 1.23 |
| Life satisfaction rating | 4.42 | 0.72 | 4.69 | 0.76 | 5.07 | 0.66 |