Health rating and life satisfaction in the later middle years.
The empirical linkage between self-rating of health and feelings of well-being in regard to overall life satisfaction, community satisfaction, job satisfaction, and marital satisfaction were assessed using data from a mail survey of 1,650 men and women who were 50 to 55 years of age. Health rating was a significant correlate of all four of the satisfaction measures. Moreover, there was little evidence to suggest that the relationship of health to expressed well-being varied by gender, education, marital status, income, number of relatives in the area, number of friends nearby, or frequency of leisure involvement.
Willits
F K
FK
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University.
Crider
D M
DM
D001290:Attitude; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires