Table 5.
Prevalence for the Self-Reported Emotional Health Question
| Gender***a |
Age (Years)**a |
Total—NSHAP | Total—HRS 1994 (Ages 57–85 Years) | ||||
| Men | Women | 57–64 | 65–74 | 75–85 | |||
| Excellent | 30.0 (1.56) | 22.2 (1.29) | 28.5 (1.79) | 26.3 (1.58) | 20.7 (1.60) | 26.0 | 17.1 |
| Very good | 37.8 (1.56) | 39.1 (1.48) | 38.2 (1.84) | 39.8 (1.73) | 36.7 (1.87) | 38.4 | 29.2 |
| Good | 24.1 (1.30) | 26.7 (1.31) | 23.5 (1.53) | 24.8 (1.47) | 30.1 (1.75) | 25.4 | 34.3 |
| Fair | 6.4 (0.67) | 10.2 (0.86) | 7.6 (0.88) | 7.6 (0.83) | 11.1 (1.22) | 8.4 | 14.7 |
| Poor | 1.7 (0.51) | 1.8 (0.36) | 2.2 (0.58) | 1.5 (0.45) | 1.4 (0.39) | 1.8 | 4.6 |
Notes: NSHAP = National Social Life, Health, and aging Project; HRS = Health and Retirement Study.
Note. The scores for NSHAP are weighted.
a
Weighted Rao–Scott chi-square test: Gender p ≤ .0001. Age p = .0033.
**p < .01; ***p < .001.