Prevalence of Successful Aging in the Elderly in Western Mexico

Table 3

Successful aging by age, sex, education, marital status and pension.

Variable	Successful aging; % (𝑛)	No Successful aging; % (𝑛)	𝑃=^∗
Age (years)
60–69	18.9 (251)	81.1 (1079)	.000
70–79	10.7 (120)	89.3 (1002)
80–89	3.9 (22)	96.1 (542)
90+	1.0 (1)	99.0 (99)
Sex
Women	9.2 (179)	90.8 (1770)	.000
Men	18.4 (215)	81.6 (952)
Education (level)
Did not attend; school	5.8 (37)	94.2 (600)	.000
Less than high school	12.4 (220)	87.6 (1556)
High school or; higher	19.5 (137)	80.5 (566)
Marital status
Married	19.9 (344)	80.1 (1384)	.000
Widowed/separated/; divorced	2.9 (35)	97.1 (1155)
Never married	7.6 (15)	92.4 (183)
Pension
Yes	13.9 (92)	86.1 (570)	.093
No	12.3 (302)	87.7 (2152)

*Chi-square test.