Table 2.

Meaning in Life and Mortality Waves 4–6 (N = 1,361)

	Model 1			Model 2
Independent variables	Odds ratio	Lower CI	Upper CI	Odds ratio	Lower CI	Upper CI
Age	1.088***	1.065	1.111	1.077***	1.054	1.101
Sex	1.795***	1.268	2.541	2.044***	1.382	2.907
Education	0.987	0.946	1.030	1.014	0.971	1.059
Marital status	0.793	0.551	1.141	0.882	0.604	1.269
Meaning	0.923***	0.888	0.959	0.967	0.926	1.007
Self-rated health				0.721**	0.581	0.894
Serious illness				1.055	0.880	1.264
Nonserious illness				1.002	0.868	1.158
Functional disability				1.106***	1.051	1.164
C2 log likelihood	1080.240			1032.808

Notes: CI = 95% confidence interval.

**p < .01; ***p < .001.