Table 3.
Characteristics of studies included, outcome measure: quality of life.
| Author(s), year | Survey year (waves) | Location | Sample – total | Sample – review | Age – total | Age – review | SEP measure1 | Outcome measure | COV2 | Stratified analysis3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling and Stenner (2011) | 2007–2008(1) | Great Britain | 1276 | 1276 | 65+ | 65+ | housing tenure | WHOQOL-OLD, CASP -19, OPQOL score | ABCEF | – |
| Bowling, Banister, Sutton, Evans, and Windsor (2002) | 2000–2001(1) | Great Britain | 999 | 999 | 65+ | 65+ | Education, social class, income, housing tenure | Single item | ABCEF | – |
| Breeze et al. (2005) | 1991--1999(1) | Great Britain | 5581 | 5581 | 75+ | 75+ | Area deprivation, social class | PGCMS+SIP score | ABCDE | – |
| Breeze et al. (2004) | N/A(1) | Great Britain | 6298 | 6298 | 75+ | 75+ | Tenure status, social class | PGCMS+SIP score | ABCDEF | – |
| Chandola et al. (2007) | 1991–2004(5) | London, England | 10308 | N/A | 50–74 | 60–74 | Occupational status | SF-36: two comp. | ABC | Age |
| Cramm et al. (2013) | N/A(1) | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 945 | 945 | 70+ | 70+ | Education, income, home ownership | SPF-IL score | ABCF | – |
| de Belvis, Avolio, Sicuro et al. (2008) | 1999–2000(1) | Italy | 33744 | 33744 | 60+ | 60+ | Education, adequacy of income | SF-12: two comp. | ABCDEF | – |
| de Belvis, Avolio, Spagnolo et al. (2008) | 1999–2000(1) | Lazio region, Italy | 1601 | 1601 | 60+ | 60+ | Education, adequacy of income | SF-12: two comp. | ABCDEF | -- |
| Eviö, Pekkarinen, Sintonen, Tiitinen, and Valimaki (2007) | 2002(1) | Southern Finland | 1663 | 1663 | 60–70 | 60–70 | Education | 15D score | ACE | – |
| Gilhooly et al. (2007) | N/A(1) | Scotland | 145 | 145 | 70–91 | 70–91 | Area deprivation | LEIPAD, QoL | ABDEF | – |
| Halleröd (2009) | 2002–2003(1) | Sweden | 3053 | 3053 | 66–99 | 66–99 | Social class, income | Two latent comp. | ABC | – |
| Knurowski et al. (2004) | 1999–2001(1) | Krakow and Zagreb | 814 | 814 | 65–85 | 65–85 | Education | Cantril's ladder | ABE | Sex, age |
| Knurowski et al. (2005) | 1999–2001(1) | Krakow, Poland | 528 | 528 | 65–85 | 65–85 | Education, occupation, income, home ownership | Cantril's ladder | AB |
Sex, age |
| König et al. (2010) | 2001–2003(1) | Six European countries | 1659 | 1659 | 75+ | 75+ | Education, income | SF-12: 2 comp. | ABC | -- |
| Laudisio et al. (2013) | 2004(1) | Tuscania, Italy | 356 | 356 | 75+ | 75+ | Education, economic resources | HUI3 score | ABDE | Sex, age |
| Orfila et al. (2006) | 1993--1994(1) | Barcelona, Spain | 544 | 544 | 72+ | 72+ | Education, social class | NHP: emotional reaction subscale | ABCDE | Sex |
| Pavlovic et al. (2010) | 2006–2007(1) | Croatia | 396 | 396 | 70–79 | 70–79 | Education, pension | SF-36: 2 and 8 comp. | ABC | -- |
| Regidor et al. (1999) | 1996(1) | Spain | 7823 | 1890 | 25+ | 65+ | Education | SF-36: 8 comp. | B | Sex |
| Rodriguez-Blazquez et al. (2011) | 2011(1) | Spain | 1106 | 1106 | 60+ | 60+ | education | PWI score | – | – |
| Sherman, Forsberg, Karp, and Tornkvist (2012) | 2006(1) | Stockholm, Sweden | 583 | 583 | 75 | 75 | Education | HI score | BCE | – |
| Schmidt et al. (2012) | 2008(1) | Germany | 2222 | 614 | 25+ | 65+ | Index of SEP | SF-12: two comp. | A | Age |
| Stenzelius et al. (2005) | N/A(1) | Southern Sweden | 4277 | 4277 | 75+ | 75+ | Occupational status | SF-12: two comp. | ABCE | – |
| von Heideken Wågert et al. (2005) | 2000(1) | Umeå, Sweden | 199 | 199 | 85+ | 85+ | Education | PGCMS score | ABCEF | – |
| von dem Knesebeck, Wahrendorf, Hyde, and Siegrist (2007) | 2004(1) | 10 European countries | 15080 | N/A | 50+ | 65+ | Education, income, home owner, car owner, net worth | CASP-12 score | BC | Age |
1Socioeconomic position (SEP) measures in bold are the ones found to be significantly associated with quality of life in final fully adjusted models.
2Covariates (COV) included in the analysis: A = age; B = gender; C = socio-demographic; D = health behaviour; E = other health status/disability; F = social support/contact.
3Stratified results shown for sex or age, text in bold indicates interaction sex*SEP or age*SEP on quality of life.