Table 3.
Multi-Phase Model for Life Satisfaction over Time-to-Death, Including Social Orientation and the Covariates.
| Parameter | Estimate | SE |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed effects | ||
| Intercept, γ00 | 49.58* | (0.204) |
| Pre-terminal slope, γ20 | – 0.23* | (0.020) |
| Terminal slope, γ40 | – 1.39* | (0.104) |
| Transition point, γ60 | – 4.59* | (0.017) |
| Age at death, γ01 | 0.13* | (0.012) |
| Women, γ02 | – 0.18 | (0.326) |
| Education, γ03 | 0.05 | (0.079) |
| Disability, γ04 | – 2.08* | (0.323) |
| Hospital stay last year, γ05 | – 2.00* | (0.406) |
| Social participation, γ06 | 2.17* | (0.404) |
| Social goals, γ07 | 1.04* | (0.315) |
| Family goals, γ08 | 0.53a | (0.200) |
| Social participation × social goals, γ09 | – 1.58* | (0.589) |
| Change social participation, γ10 | – 0.06* | (0.015) |
| Terminal slope × age at death, γ41 | 0.00 | (0.005) |
| Terminal slope × women, γ42 | 0.05 | (0.121) |
| Terminal slope × education, γ43 | 0.01 | (0.032) |
| Terminal slope × disability, γ44 | – 0.12 | (0.1202) |
| Terminal slope × hospital stay last year, γ45 | – 0.47* | (0.140) |
| Terminal slope × social participation, γ46 | 0.03 | (0.273) |
| Terminal slope × social goals, γ47 | – 0.22 | (0.204) |
| Terminal slope × family goals, γ48 | – 0.15 | (0.070) |
| Terminal slope × social participation × social goals, γ49 | – 1.30 | (0.522) |
| Terminal slope × change social participation, γ50 | 0.00 | (0.022) |
| Transition point × age at death, γ61 | – 0.03* | (0.002) |
| Transition point × women, γ62 | – 1.01* | (0.020) |
| Transition point × education, γ63 | – 0.01 | (0.010) |
| Transition point × disability, γ64 | – 0.86* | (0.015) |
| Transition point × hospital stay last year, γ65 | – 0.22* | (0.062) |
| Transition point × social participation, γ66 | 2.39* | (0.021) |
| Transition point × social goals, γ67 | 0.95* | (0.011) |
| Transition point × family goals, γ68 | 0.99* | (0.007) |
| Transition point × social participation × social goals, γ69 | 1.71* | (0.018) |
| Transition point × change social participation, γ70 | 0.12* | (0.001) |
| Random effects | ||
| Standard deviation intercept | 8.52* | (0.147) |
| Standard deviation Transition point | – | – |
| Standard deviation pre-terminal slope | 0.60* | (0.022) |
| Standard deviation terminal slope | 2.00* | (0.061) |
| Correlation intercept, pre-terminal slope | .54* | (0.026) |
| Correlation intercept, terminal slope | – .35* | (0.028) |
| Correlation pre-terminal slope, pre-terminal slope | – .11 | (0.050) |
| Residual variance | 63.13* | (0.546) |
| AIC | 245,778 | |
Note. With the exception of the correlations, unstandardized estimates and standard errors are presented. Intercept centered at the Transition point; rate of change scaled in T-units per year as per the annual assessment schedule in the SOEP. N = 2,910 participants who provided 33,777 observations. Scores standardized to a T metric (M = 50; SD = 10) using the 2002 SOEP sample as the reference (M = 6.90, SD = 1.81 on a 0–10 scale). AIC = Akaike Information Criterion, a relative model fit statistic.
*
p < .001
a
p = .0076.