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Table 3 Standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients

From: Who are the healthy active seniors? A cluster analysis

Variables

Discriminant coefficients

Correlation with discriminant function

Demographic variables

  

Normal vision (with corrective eyewear)

  

- (Yes versus No)

.182

-.157

Income source

  

- Government vs from family/own savings

.158

.174

Sleepless night

  

- <1 per week vs at least once per week

-.124

-.300

Number of leisure activities engaged in

-.028

-.123

Control variables

  

Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL)

-.186

-.206

Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS) - Family subscale

.185

-.153

Life events (LE)

.142

.216

Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS) - Friend subscale

-.047

-.181

Modified Barthel Index (BI)

.025

-.237

Outcome measures

  

Life Satisfaction Scale (LSI-A)

-.699

-.737

Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

.535

.653

General Health Questionnaire (GHS)

.267

.385

Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)

.098

-.515

  1. Note: All variables are significant at p = 0.05.