HEALTH RATING AND LIFE SATISFACTION IN THE LATER MIDDLE YEARS

  • 1 September 1988
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 43  (5) , S172-S176
Abstract
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.

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