Table 6.
Accumulative influences on later life wellbeing
| England | U.S. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedonic (n = 6188) | Eudemonic (n = 5786) | Hedonic (n = 4779) | Eudemonic (n = 2263) | |||||
| A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | |
| B (SE) P | B (SE) P | B (SE) P | B (SE) P | B (SE) P | B (SE) P | B (SE) P | B (SE) P | |
| Accumulation | ||||||||
| 0 | .925 (281)** | .458 (.284) ns | 1.186 (.350) ** | .523 (.352) ns | 1.953 (.374)*** | 1.076 (.376)** | 2.242 (.463)*** | 1.490 (.466)** |
| 1 | .543 (.281) ns | .192 (.284) ns | .529 (.349) ns | .099 (.349) ns | .812 (.367)* | .256 (.365) ns | 1.016 (.471)* | .588 (.468) ns |
| 2 | .313 (.253) ns | .143 (.252) ns | .602 (.306) * | .345 (.304) ns | 1.113 (.347)** | .678 (.344)* | .257 (.429) ns | −.108 (.425) ns |
| 3 (Ref) | ||||||||
| 4 | −.090 (.258) ns | .147 (.258) ns | −.554 (.300) ns | −.287 (.298) ns | .025 (.361) ns | .065 (.356) ns | −1.593 (.450)*** | −1.541 (.444)** |
| 5 | −.159 (.271) ns | .192 (.272) ns | −1.354 (.313)*** | −.803 (.314)* | −.083 (.404) ns | .267 (.399) ns | −1.921 (.489)*** | −1.525 (.485)** |
| 6 | .609 (.296)* | 1.219 (.302) *** | −1.492 (.315)** | −.686 (.320)* | −.379 (.496) ns | .266 (.493) ns | −3.069 (.622)*** | −2.633 (616)*** |
| R square | .124 | .136 | .169 | .185 | .105 | .130 | .184 | .206 |
| Increase in R square compared to model without | .003 | .003 | .015 | .003 | .009 | .002 | .048 | .025 |
Unstandardized regression coefficients of multivariate regression model (adjusted for (A) age, age2, gender, partnered, ethnic background, limitations in ADL and (B) + wealth quintile) P=<0.001 ***, P=<0.01 **, P=<0.05 *, P>0.05 ns