Table 2 Socio-demographic & self-rated health variation in ageing self-perceptions (n = 6576)
From: The relationship of tobacco and alcohol use with ageing self-perceptions in older people in Ireland
Characteristics | Timeline-chronic | Consequences-positive | Emotional-representation | Control-positive | Consequences and control negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age years | P < .001 | P < .001 | P < .001 | P < .001 | P < .001 |
ANOVA p value for F test | |||||
 50-64 | 2.30 (0.81) | 3.85 (0.67) | 2.25 (0.79) | 4.00 (0.66) | 3.15 (0.42) |
 65-74 | 2.50 (0.87) | 3.72 (0.73) | 2.29 (0.78) | 3.92 (0.65) | 3.08 (0.43) |
 75 & over | 2.99 (0.91) | 3.67 (0.73) | 2.43 (0.84) | 3.81 (0.68) | 2.94 (0.43) |
Sex | P < .001 | P < .001 | P < .001 | p = .0161 | P < .001 |
 Male | 2.54 (0.85) | 3.75 (0.68) | 2.24 (0.78) | 3.93 (0.66) | 3.08 (0.43) |
 Female | 2.38 (0.89) | 3.83 (0.72) | 2.33 (0.81) | 3.98 (.68) | 3.12 (0.44) |
Education | P < .001 | P < .001 | P < .001 | P < .001 | P < .001 |
 Primary | 2.71 (0.94) | 3.71 (0.76) | 2.39 (0.85) | 3.84 (0.72) | 3.07 (0.45) |
 Secondary | 2.37 (0.83) | 3.81 (0.67) | 2.28 (0.78) | 3.97 (0.63) | 3.13 (0.43) |
 Tertiary | 2.29 (0.79) | 3.86 (0.65) | 2.11 (0.73) | 4.09 (0.64) | 3.06 (0.41) |
Marital status | P < .001 | p = 0.2079 | P < .001 | P < .01 | P < .001 |
 Married | 2.39 (0.84) | 3.80 (0.69) | 2.26 (0.78) | 3.96 (0.65) | 3.12 (0.43) |
 Never married | 2.57 (0.90) | 3.76 (0.70) | 2.35 (0.81) | 3.92 (0.65) | 3.05 (0.42) |
 Sep/divorced | 2.41 (0.86) | 3.82 (0.70) | 2.31 (0.82) | 4.03 (0.66) | 3.11 (0.42) |
 Widowed | 2.73 (0.96) | 3.76 (0.74) | 2.39 (0.84) | 3.89 (0.72) | 3.03 (0.45) |
Self-rated health | P < .001 | P < .001 | P < .001 | P < .001 | P < .001 |
 Excellent/Very good | 2.23 (0.80) | 3.84 (0.68) | 2.11 (0.72) | 4.02 (0.66) | 3.17 (0.43) |
 Good/Fair | 2.61 (0.87) | 3.76 (0.70) | 2.42 (0.81) | 3.90 (0.66) | 3.05 (0.42) |
 Poor | 2.93 (1.03) | 3.70 (0.80) | 2.69 (0.97) | 3.83 (0.75) | 2.93 (0.44) |
Smoking Status | P < .001 | p = 0.0025 | P < .001 | p = 0.0794 | 0.0241 |
 Never | 2.40 (0.87) | 3.83 (0.69) | 2.23 (0.78) | 3.97 (0.67) | 3.11 (0.44) |
 Former | 2.46 (0.86) | 3.76 (0.70) | 2.30 (0.79) | 3.95 (.0.65) | 3.09 (0.43) |
 Current | 2.56 (0.90) | 3.90 (0.73) | 2.40 (0.86) | 3.93 (0.71) | 3.13 (0.44) |
Drinking behaviour | P < .001 | p = 0.0953 | 0.3581 | P < .001 | p = 0.0170 |
 Non drinker | 2.57 (0.95) | 3.78 (0.76) | 2.30 (0.84) | 3.87 (0.71) | 3.08 (0.47) |
 Moderate | 2.40 (0.85) | 3.81 (0.68) | 2.27 (0.78) | 3.98 (0.66) | 3.11 (0.43) |
 Harmful | 2.42 (0.83) | 3.77 (0.68) | 2.30 (0.80) | 3.89 (0.64) | 3.11 (0.42) |