Table 2.
Correlations between the Subjective Well-Being Indicators and Predictors by Country
| Variable | Total PGCMS score |
Attitude toward one’s aging |
Satisfaction with social relations |
Psychological comfort |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| Japan | ||||||||
| Age | −.12 | .38 | −.16 | .23 | −.07 | .62 | −.05 | .73 |
| Gender | −.06 | .65 | .09 | .48 | −.14 | .30 | −.09 | .51 |
| Education | −.09 | .52 | −.05 | .71 | −.02 | .91 | −.15 | .25 |
| Living at home | .08 | .53 | .08 | .57 | .18 | .18 | −.09 | .51 |
| Living alone | −.19 | .16 | −.29 | .03 | −.10 | .45 | −.04 | .77 |
| Cognitive function | .04 | .76 | −.00 | 1.00 | .05 | .72 | .05 | .73 |
| Vision problem | −.11 | .42 | −.03 | .82 | −.11 | .39 | −.10 | .44 |
| Hearing problem | −.23 | .08 | −.17 | .19 | −.12 | .38 | −.26 | .05 |
| Number of diseases | −.07 | .60 | −.03 | .82 | −.09 | .49 | −.04 | .79 |
| ADL | .13 | .31 | −.00 | .99 | .23 | .08 | .07 | .62 |
| US | ||||||||
| Age | .08 | .38 | .08 | .40 | .09 | .30 | −.00 | .99 |
| Gender | −.05 | .56 | −.03 | .72 | −.05 | .61 | −.05 | .61 |
| Education | −.05 | .61 | −.04 | .69 | −.06 | .55 | −.01 | .91 |
| Living at home | .09 | .31 | .05 | .57 | .11 | .21 | .04 | .67 |
| Living alone | .06 | .55 | .07 | .47 | −.01 | .94 | .08 | .38 |
| Cognitive function | −.21 | .02 | −.09 | .33 | −.18 | .05 | −.24 | < .01 |
| Vision problem | −.13 | .14 | −.09 | .31 | −.08 | .37 | −.15 | .10 |
| Hearing problem | −.34 | < .001 | −.23 | < .01 | −.22 | .01 | −.36 | < .001 |
| Number of diseases | −.09 | .32 | −.11 | .22 | .01 | .94 | −.12 | .18 |
| ADL | .28 | < .01 | .20 | .03 | .23 | .01 | .22 | .01 |
Notes: Correlation coefficients significant at p < .05 are reported in bold.
ADL = Activities of Daily Living; PGCMS = Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale.