Table 2.

Pearson correlation coefficients between independent variables and Quality of Life (N = 360)

Independent variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1.QOL	1.0
2.Gender (1 = male)	.02	1.0
3.Age	−.11*	−.08	1.0
4.Education	.02	−.09	.04	1.0
5.Marital status	−.01	.36***	−.25***	−.29***	1.0
6.Number of children	.01	.15**	.01	−.36***	.23***	1.0
7.ADL	−.09*	.05	−.01	.08	.02	−.07	1.0
8.Number of chronic diseases	−.15**	.01	.02	−.07	.03	−.08	.43***	1.0
9.Perceived economic status	.25***	−.06	.02	.11*	−.07	−.06	−.05	−.15**	1.0
10.Ethnicity - FSU	−.02	−.15**	.19***	.55***	−.37***	−.36***	.01	.04	0.09	1.0
11.Ethnicity - Jews	.23***	−.11*	.05	.19***	.04	−.12**	−.10*	−.24**	.36***	−.08	1.0
12.Area - North	−.03	−.05	.11*	−.01	−.11*	.02	−.17**	.19**	−.12*	.01	0.01	1.0
13.Area – South	−.11*	.15**	−.03	−.07	.20***	.12*	−.17**	−.05	−.18**	.01	.01	−.33***	1.0
14.Connection to the living area	.43***	−.07	.12*	−.18**	.06	.15**	−.17**	−.11*	.20***	−.35***	.49***	.13*	.12*	1.0
15.Weekly hours for home care services	.14**	.08	−.06	−.03	.05	.01	.60***	.38***	−.01	−.09	−.08	−.13**	−.13**	−.12*	1.0
16.Weekly hours utilized for attending the ADCC	.16**	−.05	−.06	.05	−.08	−.04	.21**	.16*	.14**	.04	.14**	−.12*	−.12*	.06	.38***	1.0
17.Satisfaction with the day care center services	.25***	−.06	−.16**	.02	.03	.01	−.16**	−.01	.12*	−.07	.21***	.05	−.04	.21**	−.07	.11*

ADL Activities of daily living, Gender (1 = male; 0 = female), Marital status (1 = has partner; 0 = no partner), Ethnicity – FSU (FSU immigrants = 1; 0 = Israeli Arabs), Ethnicity – Veteran Jews (Veteran Jews = 1; 0 = Israeli Arabs), Northern area (1 = Northern area; 0 = central area), Southern area (1 = Southern area; 0 = central area)

*p < .05. **p < .01, ***p < .001