Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2008 Sep;23(3):671–675. doi: 10.1037/a0012772

Table 1.

Desired number of options for older and younger adults.

Desired Number of Options
Younger Older

Domain Mean Mean F p (2-tailed)
Drug Plans 6.17 (4.71) 4.22 (3.94) 21.04 < .001
Physicians 9.47 (10.55) 4.77 (4.16) 50.46 < .001
Hospitals 5.59 (4.33) 3.60 (3.19) 24.65 < .001
Cars 19.49 (31.02) 6.04 (5.12) 118.89 < .001
Apartments 9.52 (8.50) 5.67 (4.30) 33.94 < .001
Jams 8.57 (9.12) 5.34 (3.89) 22.63 < .001

Note. Standard deviations are in parentheses