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Baseline Monograph - White Men: Life Satisfaction

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Age In Three Categories
65-69 70-79 80+
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LIFE DELIGHTED\ PLEASED 433 66.7% 715 62.1% 201 57.6%
MOSTLY SATISFIED 200 30.8% 409 35.5% 138 39.5%
MOSTLY DISSATISFIED 10 1.5% 19 1.6% 3 .9%
UNHAPPY\TERRIBLE 5 .8% 5 .4% 2 .6%
REFUSED TO ANSWER 1 .2% 4 .3% 5 1.4%
ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE MEANING/ PURPOSE OF LIFE (from 1 to 10) SATISFIED (1-3) 486 74.9% 826 71.7% 255 73.1%
INDIFFERENT (4-6) 142 21.9% 289 25.1% 81 23.2%
DISSATISFIED (7-10) 20 3.1% 32 2.8% 4 1.1%
REFUSED TO ANSWER 1 .2% 5 .4% 9 2.6%
LIFE EVENTS SCORE (# of stressful events in past 6 months) 0 276 42.5% 480 41.6% 128 36.6%
1 188 29.0% 336 29.1% 109 31.1%
2 108 16.6% 224 19.4% 74 21.1%
3 56 8.6% 78 6.8% 27 7.7%
4 14 2.2% 30 2.6% 11 3.1%
5 6 .9% 5 .4% 1 .3%
6 1 .2%