Table 2.

The inter-correlations between SWB, life satisfaction, positive affects and negative affects among 30,317 Chinese oldest-old people

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. SWB
2. life satisfaction	0.330
3. optimism	0.371	0.328
4. happiness	0.428	0.245	0.248
5. personal control	0.358	0.106	0.178	0.204
6. conscientiousness	0.320	0.264	0.336	0.188	0.167
7. anxiety	−0.407	−0.141	−0.234	−0.179	−0.145	−0.118
8. loneliness	−0.432	−0.197	−0.241	−0.224	−0.131	−0.140	0.496
9. uselessness	−0.389	−0.156	−0.182	−0.206	−0.085	−0.111	0.249	0.309

Abbreviation: SWB subjective well-being. Data are expressed as Kendall’s rank correlation coefficients. All the p-values were less than 0.001