Table 2.
Correlations matrix
| BSS | Marital status | Housing | SES | Age | Education | CIRS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSS | - | ||||||
| Marital status | -.06 | - | |||||
| Housing | -.09 | .62*** | - | ||||
| SES | .03 | .21** | .27*** | - | |||
| Age | -.07 | .37*** | .49*** | .13 | - | ||
| Education | .10 | -.21** | -.27*** | -.35*** | -.23** | - | |
| CIRS | .15* | .04 | .09 | .13 | .10 | -.10 | - |
| ML | -.16* | -.08 | -.10 | -.03 | -.18* | -.02 | -.00 |
* p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001
BSS (i.e., Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation) was processes as a dichotomous measure: 0 = 0, 1 = every score greater than 0; Marital status: 0 = married or in relationship, 1 = single, divorced or widowed; Housing: 0 = independent, 1 = sheltered housing or nursing home; SES = socioeconomic status; CIRS-Cumulative illness rating scale; ML = meaning in life. All correlations are Pearson's correlations besides those of the SES variable, which are Spearman's