Lay perceptions of successful ageing: findings from a national survey of middle aged and older adults in Britain

Erratum to: Eur J Ageing 3:123–136 DOI 10.1007/s10433-006-0032-2

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The second sentence of the Introduction should read: What is successful ageing?

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Table 5.

Multiple regression of self-rated successful aging (final models)

Dependent variable: self-rated successful aging (y)
Unstandardised B coefficient (95% CI) (two-tailed t test)
Independent variables (x)	All ages	Age 50 < 65	Age 65 < 75	Age 75+
Health status (excellent to poor)	0.278 (0.214–0.343) (8.478)***	0.289 (0.205–0.374) (6.760)***	0.227 (0.092–0.362) (3.311)***	0.313 (0.155–0.470) (3.932)***
Longstanding illness (yes/no)	−0.36 (0.165–0.092) (0.556)	0.066 (−0.115–0.246) (0.714)	−0.155 (−0.400–0.091) (−1.244)	−0.135 (−0.433–0.163) (−0.897)
Quality of life (so good to so bad)	0.405 (0.337–0.474) (11.608)***	0.425 (0.334–0.516) (9.169)***	0.454 (0.302–0.605) (5.915)***	0.324 (0.170–0.478) (4.157)***
Car/van access (yes/no)	−0.026 (−0.172–0.121) (−0.343)	−0.070 (−0.281–0.141) (0.651)	0.078 (−0.231–0.388) (0.499)	0.055 (−0.254–0.365) (0.354)
Housing tenure (home owner/tenant)	−0.023 (−0.168–0.123) (−0.306)	0.056 (−0.144–0.257) (0.552)	−0.122 (−0.412–0.167) (−0.834)	−0.142 (0.481–0.197) (−0.825)
Gender (male/female)	0.103 (0.003–0.209) (1.910)	0.121 (−0.015–0.257) (1.753)	0.084 (−0.138–0.306) (0.748)	0.029 (−0.253–0.310) (0.202)
Age group (<65, 65 < 75, 75+)	−0.110 (−0.181–0.039) (−3.059)**	–	–	–
Constant	0.401	0.001	0.379	0.424
R 2	0.366	0.387	0.339	0.349
Adjusted R 2	0.360***	0.379***	0.319***	0.323***

CI confidence interval, F statistic

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001