Relationship between morality, happiness, and social support among elderly people

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 6 Relations between elderly happiness level, among studied elderly people and their demographic characteristics (n = 235)

Variables	Elderly happiness level				No	χ²	P
	Happy ≥ 3.5		Unhappy < 3.5
	No.	%	No.	%
Age (in years)
<65	48	43.2	63	56.8	111	0.21	0.65
≥65	50	40.3	74	59.7	124
Gender
Male	43	43.0	57	57.0	100	0.12	0.73
Female	55	40.7	80	59.3	135
Residence
Rural	20	46.5	23	53.5	43	0.5	0.42
Urban	78	40.6	114	59.4	192
Marital status
Single	0	0.0	4	100.0	4
Married	57	42.9	76	57.1	133	2.9	0.4
Divorced	3	42.9	4	57.1	7
Widowed	38	41.8	53	58.2	91
Education
Illiterate/read and write	0	0.0	8	100.0	8	6.9	0.073
Primary education	6	37.5	10	62.5	16
Secondary	38	47.5	42	52.5	80
University or higher	54	41.2	77	58.8	131
Working condition
Work	34	55.7	27	44.3	61	6.7	0.01
Do not work	64	36.8	110	63.2	174
Previous work
Worker	3	50.0	3	50.0	6
Crafts man or farmer	3	60.0	2	40.0	5	6.3	0.18
Free business	0	0.0	3	100.0	3
Officer	83	44.1	105	55.9	188
Housewife	9	27.3	24	72.7	33
With whom life
Wife/husband	57	43.5	74	56.5	131
One of the sons	12	27.3	32	72.7	44	11.4	0.01
One of the relatives	0	0.0	6	100.0	6
Alone	29	53.7	25	46.3	54
Income source
Pension	96	42.1	132	57.9	228	f	0.7
Property income	2	28.6	5	71.4	7
Income
Insufficient	20	25.6	58	74.4	78
Sufficient	65	47.4	72	52.6	137	14.6	0.001
Sufficient and save	13	65.0	7	35.0	20
Chronic diseases
Yes	82	44.3	103	55.7	185	2.4	0.12
No	16	32.0	34	68.0	50
Medication
Yes	82	44.3	103	55.7	185	2.4	0.12
No	16	32.0	34	68.0	50