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The study investigated the relationship between social lifestyle choices and longevity among the elderly in Akwa Ibom State Nigeria. Two research questions were raised and answer and two hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design of the study was correlational survey research design. The population of the study comprised 4373 elderly persons aged 65years and above resident in Akwa Ibom State. A sample size of 384 elderly people was used for the study. The instrument for the study was Social Life-style Choice and Longevity of Elderly Questionnaire (SLSCLEQ). Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to analyse the data, thereafter, the r- value was subjected to Spearman Rank Order Correlation formula (split-half formula) to determine the reliability coefficient of the instrument which yielded the reliability coefficient of r=0.88 which was deemed adequate for the study. The statistical tool used for data analysis was Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistics. The results obtained from the data analysis shows that there is a significant relationship between social lifestyle choices and longevity among the elderly in Akwa Ibom State. Therefore, the study recommend among others that elderly people should engage always in effective humour sharing, as effective humour sharing often used to deal with stress and life's adversities to promote health condition.