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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 3 Comparison of affects and satisfaction with life between the sexes, and correlation between income

From: Relationship between coping and subjective well-being of elderly from the interior of the Brazilian Northeast

 

Sex

Income

Male

Female

  

SWB dimensions

M(SD)

M(SD)

t(df)

r

Positive affects

5.15 (1.13)

5.04 (1.09)

0.91 (379)

0.15**

Negative affects

1.91 (0.90)

2.29 (1.15)

−2.93** (379)

- 0.11*

Satisfaction with life

5.78 (0.94)

5.51 (1.19)

2.06** (379)

0.10*

  1. Obs.: p < 0.05*; P < 0.01**