Table 1 Sample Socio-demographic Characteristics according to successful aging by sex
| Â | Male (N(%)) | Female(N(%)) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Successful Aging | No Successful Aging | P Value | Successful Aging | No Successful Aging | P Value | |
Total | 398(18.87) | 1711(81.13) | NA | 181(9.48) | 1729(90.52) | NA |
Demographic | ||||||
Age (year) | ||||||
 60 ~ 64 | 363(20.46) | 1411(79.54) | < 0.001 | 167(10.38) | 1442(89.62) | < 0.001 |
  ≥ 75 | 35(10.45) | 300(89.55) |  | 14(4.65) | 287(95.35) |  |
Marital status | ||||||
 Married/cohabitating | 369(20.02) | 1474(79.98) | < 0.001 | 159(10.51) | 1354(89.49) | 0.003 |
 Divorced/separated/widowed/never married | 29(10.90) | 237(89.10) |  | 22(5.54) | 375(94.46) |  |
Socio-economic status | ||||||
Education level | ||||||
 Illiterate | 15(4.95) | 288(95.05) | < 0.001 | 25(2.68) | 908(97.32) | < 0.001 |
 Primary school and below | 164(14.88) | 938(85.12) |  | 87(11.85) | 647(88.15) |  |
 Junior high school or above | 219(31.11) | 485(68.89) |  | 69(28.40) | 174(71.60) |  |
Community type | ||||||
 Rural | 235(14.07) | 1435(85.93) | < 0.001 | 118(7.25) | 1510(92.75) | < 0.001 |
 Urban | 163(37.13) | 276(62.87) |  | 63(22.34) | 219(77.66) |  |
Health behavior | ||||||
Smoking | ||||||
 Yes | 206(18.23) | 924(81.77) | 0.553 | 8(6.78) | 110(93.22) | 0.077 |
 No | 84(18.63) | 367(81.37) |  | 172(9.90) | 1565(90.10) |  |
 Quit | 108(20.45) | 420(79.55) |  | 1(1.82) | 54(98.18) |  |
Drinking | ||||||
 Drink more than once a month | 201(20.20) | 794(79.80) | 0.008 | 11(6.36) | 162(93.64) | 0.001 |
 Drink but less than once a month | 50(24.39) | 155(75.61) |  | 21(19.44) | 87(80.56) |  |
 Do not drink | 147(16.17) | 762(83.83) |  | 149(9.15) | 1480(90.85) |  |