| | Age In Three Categories | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65-69 | 70-79 | 80+ | |||||
| HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LIFE? | DELIGHTED\ PLEASED | 550 | 51.9% | 741 | 51.7% | 147 | 45.9% |
| MOSTLY SATISFIED | 470 | 44.3% | 638 | 44.5% | 154 | 48.1% | |
| MOSTLY DISSATISFIED | 25 | 2.4% | 23 | 1.6% | 11 | 3.4% | |
| UNHAPPY\TERRIBLE | 15 | 1.4% | 23 | 1.6% | 6 | 1.9% | |
| REFUSED TO ANSWER | 8 | .6% | 2 | .6% | |||
| ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE MEANING / PURPOSE OF LIFE? (from 1 to 10) | SATISFIED (1-3) | 739 | 69.7% | 975 | 68.0% | 209 | 65.3% |
| INDIFFERENT (4-6) | 279 | 26.3% | 400 | 27.9% | 95 | 29.7% | |
| DISSATISFIED (7-10) | 37 | 3.5% | 42 | 2.9% | 11 | 3.4% | |
| REFUSED TO ANSWER | 5 | .5% | 16 | 1.1% | 5 | 1.6% | |
| LIFE EVENTS SCORE (# of stressful events in past 6 months) | 0 | 391 | 36.9% | 548 | 38.2% | 138 | 43.1% |
| 1 | 317 | 29.9% | 384 | 26.8% | 74 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | 203 | 19.2% | 314 | 21.9% | 65 | 20.3% | |
| 3 | 91 | 8.6% | 118 | 8.2% | 31 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | 40 | 3.8% | 54 | 3.8% | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 5 | 14 | 1.3% | 13 | .9% | 4 | 1.3% | |
| 6 | 3 | .3% | 1 | .1% | |||
| 7 | 1 | .1% | 1 | .1% | |||