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Table 2 Mean (95% CI) life satisfaction (LS) according to sex, birth cohort and current age among 9679 Finnish adults in 1975, 1981 and 1990.

From: The stability of life satisfaction in a 15-year follow-up of adult Finns healthy at baseline

Subjects

(n)

LS 1975

(n)

LS 1981

(n)

LS 1990

All

(9679)

8.23 (8.18 – 8.29)

(9679)

8.26 (8.20 – 8.31)

(9679)

8.35 (8.29 – 8.41)

Men

(4466)

8.30 (8.22 – 8.38)

(4466)

8.33 (8.25 – 8.41)

(4466)

8.38 (8.30 – 8.46)

Women

(5213)

8.18 (8.10 – 8.25)

(5213)

8.19 (8.12 – 8.27)

(5213)

8.32 (8.24 – 8.40)

Birth cohorts, all

1950 – 57

(4121)

8.46 (8.36 – 8.55)

(4121)

8.31 (8.23 – 8.40)

(4121)

8.45 (8.36 – 8.54)

1940 – 49

(3513)

7.98 (7.90 – 8.07)

(3513)

8.13 (8.05 – 8.22)

(3513)

8.32 (8.22 – 8.41)

1930 – 39

(2045)

8.22 (8.11 – 8.32)

(2045)

8.35 (8.23 – 8.46)

(2045)

8.19 (8.08 – 8.31)

Current age, all

18 – 23

(3254)

8.50 (8.40 – 8.61)

-

-

-

-

24 – 32

(3608)

8.04 (7.96 – 8.13)

(4520)

8.28 (8.20 – 8.36)

-

-

33 – 45

(2817)

8.17 (8.08 – 8.26)

(4101)

8.19 (8.11 – 8.27)

(6236)

8.39 (8.31 – 8.46)

46 – 51

  

(1058)

8.39 (8.23 – 8.55)

(1679)

8.37 (8.23 – 8.50)

52 – 60

  

-

-

(1764)

8.18 -(8.06 – 8.30)