Medley M L
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1980;11(3):193-209. doi: 10.2190/D4LG-ALJQ-8850-GYDV.
This investigation examines, via multivariate analysis, the effect of financial situation, health, standard of living and family life upon the life satisfaction of adult men and women. The stages of adulthood examined here include: Early Adulthood (ages 22--34). Early Middle Age (ages 35--44), Late Middle Age (ages 45--64), and Late Adulthood (ages 65 and older). The data used in this analysis were collected from a national probability sample (N = 2164), but the present study includes only persons twenty-two years or older with a response for each item under investigations (N = 1786). Life satisfaction was relatively high for both men and women at each stage across the lifespan. It was noted, however, that for men life satisfaction is related to age stage in a monotonic increasing fashion. On the other hand, life satisfaction scores remained relatively constant across the age stages for women. Family life and standard of living were found to be significant determinants of life satisfaction, for both sexes at each stage of adulthood.
本调查通过多变量分析，研究财务状况、健康状况、生活水平和家庭生活对成年男性和女性生活满意度的影响。此处所考察的成年阶段包括：青年期（22至34岁）、中年早期（35至44岁）、中年晚期（45至64岁）和老年期（65岁及以上）。本分析中使用的数据来自全国概率样本（N = 2164），但本研究仅纳入了22岁及以上且对每个调查项目均有回复的人员（N = 1786）。在整个生命周期的每个阶段，男性和女性的生活满意度都相对较高。然而，值得注意的是，男性的生活满意度与年龄阶段呈单调递增关系。另一方面，女性的生活满意度得分在不同年龄阶段保持相对稳定。研究发现，家庭生活和生活水平是成年各阶段两性生活满意度的重要决定因素。
