Table 2.

Principal Component Analysis of the NSHAP's Version of HADS-A

	Whole Sample	Men		Women	Ages 57–64 Years	Ages 65–74 Years	Ages 75–85 Years
HADS-A	F1	F1	F2	F1	F1	F1	F1
(1) Feel tense	0.63	0.64	−0.41	0.63	0.63	0.65	0.62
(3) Frightened feeling	0.72	0.74	−0.31	0.71	0.75	0.71	0.70
(5) Worrying thought	0.68	0.71	−0.17	0.65	0.71	0.68	0.64
(7) Cannot relax	0.50	0.51	0.34	0.48	0.57	0.45	0.39
(9) “Butterflies”	0.70	0.68	0.39	0.70	0.69	0.73	0.67
(11) Restless	0.54	0.49	−0.50	0.61	0.57	0.51	0.54
(13) Panic	0.73	0.69	0.44	0.75	0.76	0.72	0.68
Eigenvalue	2.95	2.90	1.00	2.99	3.16	2.88	2.66
Variance (%)	42	41	14	43	45	41	38
N	2,756	1,323		1,433	935	1,016	805

Notes: NSHAP = National Social Life, Health, and Aging Subscale; HADS-A = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale anxiety subscale.

The scores are weighted. The original item number is in parentheses.