Table 2.

Independent Predictors of High Purpose in Life Score Among Offspring (N = 361) and Spousal (N = 72) and Septuagenarian (N = 87) Referent Participants

	Spouse referents		Septuagenarian referents
	aOR (95% CI)	p-Value	aOR (95% CI)	p-Value
Offspring	1.92 (1.002–3.68)	.049	2.64 (1.36–5.14)	.004
Age (years)	0.95 (0.92–0.98)	.003	0.94 (0.91–0.97)	<.001
Sex (female)	0.72 (0.45–1.15)	.173	0.79 (0.49–1.27)	.332
Education
College	1.00 (reference)	—	1.00 (reference)	—
High school	1.04 (0.56–1.94)	.973	0.74 (0.39–1.41)	.975
<High school	<0.001 (<0.001–>999.99)	.973	<0.001 (<0.001–>999.99)	.974
Marital status
Never married	1.00 (reference)	—	1.00 (reference)	—
Divorced	2.33 (0.53–10.15)	.261	1.55 (0.40–6.01)	.528
Married	1.72 (0.47–6.33)	.418	1.31 (0.41–4.27)	.649
Widowed	2.12 (0.56–8.05)	.269	1.40 (0.42–4.70)	.582

Note: aOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.