Table 5.

Meaning in Life and Mortality Waves 5–6 (N = 1,272)

	Model 1			Model 2
Independent variables	Odds ratio	Lower CI	Upper CI	Odds ratio	Lower CI	Upper CI
Age	1.090***	1.061	1.118	1.082***	1.052	1.112
Sex	1.651*	1.075	2.536	1.799*	1.139	2.842
Education	0.975	0.925	1.028	0.999	0.947	1.055
Marital status	0.902	0.573	1.420	0.988	0.617	1.581
Meaning	0.948*	0.904	0.994	0.985	0.936	1.036
Self-rated health				0.751*	0.577	0.977
Serious illness				1.132	0.909	1.409
Nonserious illness				0.990	0.829	1.181
Functional disability				1.087**	1.021	1.157
C2 log likelihood	764.836			740.164

Notes: CI = 95% confidence interval.

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.