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## Objectives: Although life satisfaction (ls) could reduce mortality risk of older adults, whether the ls-mortality link is consistent in older adults with different marital status is largely unknown. in this study, we examine (1) how the ls-mortality association at older ages varies by marital status and marital quality, and (2) whether the role of marriage in the ls-mortality link differs between young-old (ages 65-79) and oldest-old (ages 80+) ages and between men and women in mainland china. ## Methods: We used five waves of data from a nationally representative survey in mainland china and applied the multilevel random effect of survival analysis to examine the ls-mortality association in chinese older adults by marital status, controlling for a wide set of covariates. ## Results: First, the protective effect of ls on mortality was valid in older men regardless of their marital status, whereas the protective effect was only valid in currently-not-married older women. second, for a good marriage, ls significantly reduced mortality risk irrespective of gender and age, while for a poor marriage, ls had no significant association with mortality of older adults. third, the ls-mort

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Author

Lei Ma; Danan Gu

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)