Table 1.

Correlations Among All Variables of Interest for U.S. and Japan.

Variable (Mean, SD or %)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	(49.18%=Male)	(16.04%=No illness)	(29.73%=Single)	(Z-score)	(1.98, 0.66)	(2.37, 0.72)	(19.41, 3.57)	(55.64, 13.39)	(18.28%=Youngest)	(6.36, 2.01)	(6.14, 2.05)	(6.00, 2.39)
1. Gender (Ref=Male, 46.87%)	-	0.08*	−0.09*	−0.22**	−0.11*	0.05	0.07*	−0.03	−0.04	0.08*	0.14**	0.11*
2. Chronic Cond. (Ref=None, 22.71%)	0.12**	−	−0.06	−0.07*	0.17**	−0.03	−0.18**	0.11*	0.11*	−0.06	−0.13**	−0.16**
3. Marital Status (Ref=Single, 28.48%)	−0.14**	−0.07**	-	0.09*	−0.06*	0.09*	0.16**	0.08*	0.08*	0.20**	0.28**	0.19**
4. Highest Education (Z-score)	−0.10**	−0.13**	0.05*	−	0.06	0.08*	0.13**	−0.27**	−0.27**	0.06	0.16**	0.23**
5. Neuroticism (2.08, 0.69)	0.12**	0.18**	−0.05*	−0.11**	-	0.02	−0.29**	−0.26**	−0.25**	−0.15**	−0.23*	−0.09*
6. Extraversion (2.93, 0.70)	0.09**	−0.05*	−0.02	−0.06*	−0.09**	−	0.35**	−0.06	−0.04	0.21**	0.32**	0.32**
7. Life Orientation (23.12, 4.80)	−0.02	−0.17**	0.11**	0.21**	−0.44**	0.29**	-	0.03	0.04	0.24**	0.41**	0.41**
8. Age (54.61, 11.72)	−0.004	0.25**	−0.06**	−0.14**	−0.16**	0.04*	0.11**	-	0.97**	0.16**	0.02	−0.25**
9. Age Ranges (Ref=Youngest, 12.72%)	−0.005	0.24**	−0.06**	−0.14**	−0.16**	0.04*	0.09**	0.96**	-	0.14**	0.02	−0.23**
10. Past Life Satisfaction (7.40, 1.85)	−0.03*	−0.02	0.15**	−0.03	−0.16**	0.16**	0.19**	0.28**	0.27**	-	0.48**	0.29**
11. Present Life Satisfaction (7.86, 1.54)	0.01	−0.15**	0.20**	0.06*	−0.29**	0.25**	0.44**	0.14**	0.13**	0.41**	-	0.67**
12. Future Life Satisfaction (8.10, 1.78)	0.02	−0.20**	0.14**	0.12**	−0.17**	0.20**	0.35**	−0.22**	−0.23**	0.13**	0.64**	-

Note:

^*p<0.05.

^**p<.001.

Lower triangle comprises of correlations for the U.S. sample. Upper triangle comprises of correlations for the Japanese sample.