Table 3.

Aging Perception Questionnaire dimensions and socio-demographic characteristics: univariate analysis of scores

	Timeline chronic	Timeline cyclical	Consequences positive	Consequences negative	Emotional representations	Control positive	Control negative
Age: 65 and older
Age
Coefficient of correlation	0.30	0.28	−0.07	0.55	0.13	−0.18	−0.26
p	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.15	<0.0001	0.0093	0.0003	<0.0001
Sex
Female (n = 230)	2.96	3.02	3.22	3.53	2.44	3.83	3.08
Male (n = 164)	3.11	2.68	3.21	3.35	2.45	3.93	3.18
p	0.11	0.0026	0.97	0.091	0.93	0.18	0.22
Marital status
Married (n = 236)	2.97	2.80	3.24	3.33	2.40	3.89	3.18
Single (n = 158)	3.10	3.00	3.18	3.66	2.51	3.85	3.04
p	0.19	0.77	0.53	0.0019	0.29	0.63	0.053
Level of education
< Baccalauréat (314)	3.08	2.91	3.20	3.51	2.48	3.84	3.08
> = Baccalauréat (n = 66)	2.71	2.73	3.29	3.22	2.30	4.01	3.31
p	0.0050	0.22	0.37	0.039	0.18	0.081	0.023
Age: 55-64
Age
Coefficient of correlation	0.03	−0.07	0.00	0.01	−0.05	−0.02	−0.07
p	0.61	0.28	0.99	0.87	0.43	0.80	0.28
Sex
Female (n = 140)	2.27	2.59	3.44	2.45	2.48	4.18	3.48
Male (n = 122)	2.45	2.33	3.30	2.43	2.13	4.01	3.55
p	0.084	0.038	0.18	0.84	0.0033	0.013	0.41
Marital status
Married (n = 206)	2.33	2.47	3.36	2.43	2.31	4.10	3.50
Single (n = 56)	2.42	2.46	3.44	2.46	2.35	4.11	3.56
p	0.46	0.92	0.50	0.84	0.79	0.82	0.52
Level of education
< Baccalauréat (n = 177)	2.39	2.42	3.35	2.51	2.29	4.05	3.45
> = Baccalauréat (n = 78)	2.30	2.55	3.47	2.30	2.35	4.22	3.65
p	0.41	0.32	0.29	0.11	0.65	0.020	0.041