Table 5 Means (Analysis of Variance) and adjusted means (Analysis of Covariance with control variables age and gender) of the socio-demographic variables for the 5 functioning scales

Mean

Adj. mean

Mean

Adj. mean

Mean

Adj. mean

Mean

Adj. mean

Mean

Adj. mean

Gender

   Male

3.90**

2.20^NS

0.26**

0.07^NS

0.32***

   Female

4.25

2.24

0.40

0.10

0.47

Age groups

   17–25

3.18***

2.11***

0.01***

0.00***

0.04***

   26–44

3.40

2.05

0.06

0.01

0.19

   45–54

3.83

2.14

0.20

0.03

0.30

   55–64

4.63

2.20

0.43

0.07

0.69

   65 +

5.60

2.64

1.01

0.31

0.84

Marital status

   Single

3.30***

4.40^NS

2.15***

2.38*

0.07***

0.52*

0.01***

0.13**

0.06***

0.44^NS

   Married

4.11

4.13

2.19

2.18

0.32

0.33

0.07

0.07

0.44

0.45

   Widowed

5.24

4.11

2.61

2.39

0.86

0.41

0.30

0.18

0.70

0.31

Education

   1^st

5.11***

4.24**

2.52***

2.32***

0.80***

0.48***

0.23***

0.13**

0.72***

0.45^NS

   2^nd

3.90

3.72

2.10

2.06

0.23

0.17

0.05

0.03

0.41

0.35

   3^rd

3.73

3.85

2.15

2.18

0.24

0.29

0.07

0.08

0.29

0.32

   4^th

3.56

4.10

2.21

2.33

0.09

0.29

0.02

0.08

0.14

0.30

   5^th

3.43

3.83

2.02

2.11

0.10

0.25

0.02

0.07

0.02

0.15

Employm. status

   employed

3.53***

3.92**

2.06***

2.12**

0.12***

0.27**

0.01***

0.05***

0.21***

0.34**

   unemployed

4.69

4.29

2.38

2.32

0.57

0.42

0.17

0.13

0.61

0.49

Living arrangements

Parents/others of 'head'

5.14***

4.54*

2.47***

2.33^NS

0.89***

0.67***

0.22***

0.16***

0.62***

0.39^NS

Children of 'head'

3.24

4.65

2.12

2.44

0.03

0.56

0.00

0.13

0.04

0.57

Lives only with spouse

5.23

4.80

2.40

2.29

0.80

0.64

0.23

0.19

0.77

0.61

Lives alone

5.47

4.66

2.70

2.54

0.93

0.63

0.41

0.34

0.77

0.46

Couple with children

3.72

4.30

2.11

2.24

0.15

0.37

0.02

0.07

0.32

0.54

'Head' without spouse living with others

4.31

4.17

2.54

2.51

0.54

0.49

0.08

0.07

0.46

0.40

Size of the household

   1

5.40***

4.48^NS

2.68**

2.52^NS

0.90***

0.55^NS

0.40***

0.55^NS

0.75***

0.31***

   2–4

4.10

4.40

2.22

2.27

0.34

0.45

0.08

0.45

0.41

0.11

   5 +

3.85

4.47

2.17

2.28

0.23

0.48

0.04

0.48

0.33

0.11