Table 4.
Characteristics of studies included, outcome measure: life satisfaction.
| Author(s), year | Survey year (waves) | Location | Sample – total | Sample – review | Age – total | Age – review | Inequality measure1 | Outcome measure | COV2 | Stratified analysis3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bockerman, Johansson, and Saarni (2012) | 2000–2001(1) | Finland | 1928 | 1928 | 60+ | 60+ | Education, income | Single item | ABCE | – |
| Dykstra and Wagner (2007) | 1990-1993(1) | Amsterdam and Berlin | 1177 | 1177 | 70+ | 70+ | Change in social class over the work career | Single item | ABC | Sex |
| Enkvist, Ekstrom, and Elmstahl (2012) | 2001–2004(2) | Five Swedish municipalities | 681 | 681 | 78–93 | 78–93 | Education, economical sufficiency | LSI-A score | ABCEF | – |
| Gaymu and Springer (2012) | 2004(1) | 10 European countries | 13,550 | 13,550 | 60+ | 60+ | Education, income, home ownership | Single item | ABCEF | Sex |
| Lucchetti et al. (2008) | 2003–2004(1) | Southern Italy | 304 | 304 | 75+ | 75+ | Education, occupation, economic resources | LSI-A score | ABCEF | -- |
| Melendez et al. (2009) | N/A | Valencia, Spain | 181 | 181 | 65–92 | 65–92 | Education, income | LSI-A score | ABCE | – |
| Schmidt et al. (2012) | 2008(1) | Germany | 2222 | 614 | 25+ | 65+ | Index of SEP | SWLS score | A | Age |
1Socioeconomic position (SEP) measures in bold are the ones found to be significantly associated with life satisfaction 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 life satisfaction.