Tab. IV.

Some factors associated with QoL in the elderly by gender (the results of multivariable analysis).

Independent variables	Male	Female
	Standardized regression coefficient b	Standardized regression coefficient b
Age 60-69 70-79 ≥ 80	0.04 -0.2*	-0.1 -0.3***
Religion None Buddhism Christianity	0.2** 0.13*	0.01 -0.1
Educational background Illiteracy Not completing primary level Not completing secondary level Secondary level or above	0.0 -0.04 0.1	-0.02 0.14 0.31**
Socioeconomic status Low Average High	0.1 0.1	0.17* 0.2**
Social connection	0.3***	0.3***
Illness during the past 6 months	-0.2**	-0.23***
Adjusted R2 Model fit indicator (F) p	0.523 (52.3%) 15.1 ***	0.39 (39.0%) 6.22 ***

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001.