Disability, participation, and subjective wellbeing among older couples

► Older married adults with disability report worse evaluative and experienced subjective wellbeing than those without. ► Having a disability of average severity is associated with on average 71 fewer pleasant minutes per day. ► Differences by disability are especially sizeable for somatic feelings of pain and tiredness. ► Disparities in subjective wellbeing by disability are not fully accounted for by respondent, spouse, or couple characteristics or by differential activity profiles. ► Participation in activities may mediate in part the relationship between disability and global but not experienced wellbeing.