Can Well-Being, Positive Affect, or Contact with the Elderly Be Potential Predictors of Attitudes towards Older People? A Study on the Polish Population

Table 2

Characteristics of participants ().

	Freq	Prop
Gender
Female	475	51.46
Male	448	48.54
Age
18-29	251	27.19
30-39	233	25.24
40-49	234	25.35
≥50	205	22.21
Place of residence
Village	163	17.66
<50 K	207	22.43
<100 K	159	17.23
<250 K	138	14.95
>250 K	256	27.74
Marital status
Single	158	17.12
Informal relationship	225	24.38
Married	482	52.22
S/D/W	58	6.28
Education
Elementary	28	3.03
Vocational	98	10.62
Secondary	407	44.1
Higher	390	42.25
Professional situation
At school	73	7.91
Unemployed	81	8.78
Employed	686	74.32
Pensioner	83	8.99
Annual income
0–20.999	153	16.58
21.000–40.999	220	23.84
41.000–60.999	215	23.29
61.000–80.999	151	16.36
81.000 and more	117	12.68
Refuse to answer	67	7.26