Table 2.
Characteristics of the 6 classes identified by principal components analysis
| TOTAL N = 4025 (100%) (%) | Class 1 N = 577 (14%) (%) | Class 2 N = 195 (5%) (%) | Class 3 N = 593 (15%) (%) | Class 4 N = 959 (24%) (%) |
Class 5 N = 768 (19%) (%) |
Class 6 N = 933 (23%) (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeling of utility | 80.0 | 82.4 | 56.4 | 60.0 | 76.3 | 89.0 | 92.7 |
| Satisfied with their life | 83.1 | 83.8 | 66.6 | 71.3 | 80.2 | 88.4 | 92.0 |
| Life is a source of pleasure | 75.1 | 72.9 | 45.9 | 61.6 | 71.9 | 82.1 | 88.6 |
| Aging well | 74.4 | 73.6 | 60.9 | 64.0 | 71.1 | 81.6 | 81.8 |
| Feels lonely | 51.3 | 58.0 | 72.7 | 60.6 | 51.8 | 45.0 | 41.6 |
| Suffers from loneliness | 23.5 | 26.3 | 41.1 | 32.5 | 24.2 | 19.4 | 15.1 |
| Has no-one to help out if feeling down or unwell | 8.3 | 6.4 | 11.7 | 17.5 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 4.8 |
|
Has a family member in a nursing home If yes, visits family member |
14.3 83.2 |
16.2 88.3 |
11.2 77.7 |
12.0 76.7 |
14.9 75.8 |
13.7 84.5 |
15.2 89.5 |