. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2019 Apr 11;34(3):317–329. doi: 10.1037/pag0000345

Table 3.

Mean, Slope, and Slope Differences of Life Satisfaction Ratings in the Past(10 years ago), Present(current), Future(10 years in the future) by Age Groups and Nationality

		U.S.				Japan			U.S. vs. Japan

	Past LS	Present LS	Future LS	Slope	Past LS	Present LS	Future LS	Slope	Slope Difference
Age Ranges

Age Range 1	6.13(.06)^**	7.18(.06)^**	8.23(.06)^**	1.05(.03)^**	5.95(.10)^**	6.37(.08)^**	6.79(.10)^**	0.42(.05)^**	0.63( .06)^**
Age Range 2	6.61(.05)^**	7.26(.05)^**	7.91(.05)^**	0.65(.02)^**	6.22(.08)^**	6.30(.07)^**	6.38(.08)^**	0.08(.04)^*	0.57( .04)^**
Age Range 3	7.10(.05)^**	7.34(.05)^**	7.59(.05)^**	0.25(.02)^**	6.49(.07)^**	6.23(.06)^**	5.97(.07)^**	−0.26(.03)^**	0.51( .04)^**
Age Range 4	7.59(.06)^**	7.43(.06)^**	7.27(.06)^**	−0.16(.02)^**	6.76(.09)^**	6.16(.08)^**	5.56(.09)^**	−0.60(.04)^**	0.44( .05)^**
Age Range 5	8.07(.08)^**	7.51(.07)^**	6.95(.08)^**	−0.56(.04)^**	7.03(.12)^**	6.09(.10)^**	5.15(.12)^**	−0.94(.06)^**	0.38( .07)^**

Note.

p<0.05

^**

p<.001.

Standard errors are presented in parentheses.