Table 5.

Predictors of negative experienced well being among older married adults: unstandardized coefficients from ordinary least squares regression models.

	Yesterday			Random activity yesterday
	Time spent feeling unpleasant (mins)			How sad (0–6)			How much pain (0–6)			How tired (0–6)
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Respondent characteristics
Disability (Yes/no)	3.41	8.72	8.37	0.00	−0.02	−0.02	0.40^**	0.45^**	0.45^**	0.36^**	0.27^*	0.25^*
Severity of impairments	1.87^*	2.11^*	2.06^*	0.03^**	0.02^**	0.02^**	0.12^**	0.11^**	0.11^**	0.08^**	0.06^**	0.06^**
Female		−1.93	−3.80		0.11^**	0.10^*		0.24^**	0.22^**		−0.03	0.03
Age 60–69		−5.03	−7.57		−0.24^**	−0.24^*		−0.12	−0.14		−0.52^*	−0.49^*
Age 70–79		−10.21	−11.91		−0.12	−0.12		−0.04	−0.07		−0.34	−0.33
Age 80+		−3.40	−5.07		0.07	0.07		−0.23	−0.28		−0.40	−0.38
Duration of limiting condition		−1.29	−1.42		0.02^*	0.02^*		0.03^*	0.03^*		0.05^**	0.05^**
Spouse characteristics
Age 60–69		−11.58	−12.20		−0.01	−0.01		−0.15	−0.15		−0.33	−0.31
Age 70–79		−11.52	−12.44		0.03	0.05		−0.24	−0.19		−0.43	−0.44
Age 80+		−17.23	−18.46		−0.22	−0.20		−0.40^*	−0.35^*		−0.66^*	−0.68^*
Disability (Yes/no)		−4.25	−4.87		0.00	0.01		−0.03	−0.01		0.08	0.05
Couple characteristics
Income 1st quartile (lowest)		−12.67^*	−13.22^*		−0.25^**	−0.27^**		−0.14	−0.19		−0.06	0.01
Income 2nd quartile		−4.07	−5.31		−0.24^**	−0.25^**		−0.02	−0.06		0.08	0.14
Income 3rd quartile		−12.32^*	−12.16^*		−0.10	−0.12		0.08	0.04		0.02	0.09
Wealth 1st quartile (lowest)		7.25	5.85		0.08	0.09		0.14	0.21		0.22	0.16
Wealth 2nd quartile		−2.81	−3.40		0.05	0.06		−0.04	0.01		−0.02	−0.08
Wealth 3rd quartile		2.31	1.49		0.04	0.05		0.04	0.07		0.02	−0.04
Marital quality 1st quartile (lowest)		7.39	7.38		0.29^**	0.28^**		−0.22^*	−0.21^*		0.20	0.15
Marital quality 2nd quartile		11.38	11.07		0.22^**	0.22^**		−0.02	0.00		0.33^*	0.29^*
Marital quality 3rd quartile		1.48	1.36		0.06	0.06		−0.08	−0.06		0.16	0.12
Activities
Shopping			0.87			0.14			0.19			−0.05
Working			−4.46			−0.06			−0.05			0.13
Volunteering			2.55			−0.34^**			0.40			0.64
Caring			8.03			−0.03			−0.53^**			−0.33
Socializing			5.87			0.08			0.24			−0.49^**
Physical activity			−4.15			−0.04			0.55^**			0.01
Going out for pleasure			−5.07			−0.17^**			−0.11			0.32
Constant	17.26^**	37.02^*	41.62^*	0.20^**	0.32^*	0.30^**	0.25^**	0.44^*	0.40^*	1.04^**	1.60^**	1.62^**
−2^* log likelihood	17592.5	17555.8	17547.8	13895.0	13762.6	13746.8	15580.0	15450.2	15429.1	17598.9	17476.2	17460.3
Likelihood ratio test^a (df)		36.7 (18)^**	8.0 (7)		132.4 (18)^**	15.7 (7)^*		129.7 (18)^**	21.1 (7)^**		122.7 (18)^**	15.9 (7)^*
n		1498			4370			4370			4370

p < .05;

^**

p < .01.

The likelihood ratio test is a chi-square test for nested models.