Title: Using Changes in Life Satisfaction and Health to Predict the Survival Status Among Older Men and Women in Taiwan
Abstract: This study used a subjective measure of quality of life, life satisfaction, to predict survival. Time-varying measures were introduced and comparisons were made across gender to test whether the patterns of associations would differ across gender. Results showed that, among female elders, life satisfaction was a significant predictor of survival over a 12-year period, after objective health was controlled for. Findings seem to support that subjective perceptions of well-being are not simply reflections of objective life conditions. As an indicator of subjective well-being, life satisfaction was as important as objective health in predicting survival among older women.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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