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Baseline Monograph - African American Women: Life Satisfaction

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Age In Three Categories
65-69 70-79 80+
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LIFE? DELIGHTED\ PLEASED 113 59.2% 172 55.7% 44 55.0%
MOSTLY SATISFIED 69 36.1% 126 40.8% 34 42.5%
MOSTLY DISSATISFIED 6 3.1% 5 1.6%

UNHAPPY\TERRIBLE 2 1.0% 6 1.9% 1 1.3%
REFUSED TO ANSWER 1 .5%

1 1.3%
ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE MEANING/ PURPOSE OF LIFE (from 1 to 10)? SATISFIED (1-3) 139 72.8% 211 68.3% 62 77.5%
INDIFFERENT (4-6) 43 22.5% 92 29.8% 15 18.8%
DISSATISFIED (7-10) 9 4.7% 5 1.6% 2 2.5%
REFUSED TO ANSWER

1 .3% 1 1.3%
LIFE EVENTS SCORE (# of stressful events in past 6 months) 0 60 31.4% 96 31.2% 27 33.8%
1 56 29.3% 85 27.6% 24 30.0%
2 37 19.4% 79 25.6% 15 18.8%
3 24 12.6% 29 9.4% 11 13.8%
4 11 5.8% 11 3.6% 2 2.5%
5 3 1.6% 6 1.9% 1 1.3%
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2 .6%