Table 5 Mean quality of life scores, by domain and background characteristics
Physical | Psychological | Social | Environmental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | p-value | Mean (SD) | p-value | Mean (SD) | p-value | Mean (SD) | p-value | Mean (SD) | p-value | |
Agea | 0.303 | 0.257 | <0.05 | 0.434 | 0.511 | |||||
< 30 | 20.1 (17.5) | 31.6(24.1) | 35.2(27.0) | 33.6(23.3) | 30.1(13.3) | |||||
30–39 | 20.4 (17.6) | 32.2(25.7) | 30.2(24.6) | 31.1(24.3) | 28.5(11.7) | |||||
40–49 | 19.7 (15.9) | 26.2(22.2) | 27.6(24.7) | 37.2(25.9) | 27.8(11.3) | |||||
50–59 | 18.8 (14.4) | 25.9(21.1) | 23.4(21.2) | 38.1(25.1) | 26.6(12.1) | |||||
60+ | 19.3 (15.5) | 30.6(24.9) | 31.6(24.6) | 33.6(24.3) | 28.8(12.2) | |||||
Sex b | <0.001 | <0.01 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | |||||
Male | 20.0 (16.1) | 30.8(25.0) | 31.0(26.3) | 36.4(26.1) | 29.6(12.6) | |||||
Female | 19.3 (16.1) | 27.9(22.7) | 27.7(22.9) | 33.6(23.8) | 27.1(11.5) | |||||
Marital statusb | ||||||||||
Married | 20.0(15.7) | 30.0(24.1) | 29.1(23.6) | 33.6(24.7) | 28.1(11.7) | |||||
Single | 19.0(16.4) | 0.270 | 28.1(23.1) | 0.330 | 29.4(26.1) | 0.071 | 37.2(24.9) | 0.436 | 28.4(12.5) | 0.863 |
Religionc | <0.05 | 0.872 | 0.486 | 0.270 | 0.972 | |||||
Christian | 19.1(15.4) | 28.8(23.4) | 29.6(24.6) | 35.1(24.9) | 28.2(11.9) | |||||
Muslim | 23.9(20.3) | 31.6(26.6) | 25.8(23.4) | 32.5(24.4) | 28.513.0) | |||||
Educationa | <0.01 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||
None | 19.1(16.4) | 22.3(17.5) | 23.2(19.4) | 27.7(21.3) | 23.1(8.4) | |||||
Primary | 19.5(17.9) | 26.2(20.2) | 23.5(22.1) | 30.6(24.7) | 24.9(11.5) | |||||
Secondary | 20.0(16.2) | 28.3(22.5) | 30.3(24.7) | 35.4(23.7) | 28.5(12.0) | |||||
Tertiary | 19.1(14.8) | 36.1(29.1) | 31.9(26.5) | 38.9(28.3) | 31.5(12.7) | |||||
Employmenta | 0.703 | 0.140 | 0.911 | 0.247 | 0.558 | |||||
Unemployed | 21.4(19.0) | 31.6(25.6) | 32.0(25.2) | 32.7(23.8) | 29.4(13.8) | |||||
Self-employed | 19.6(15.7) | 27.3(22.2) | 29.0(24.6) | 35.2(25.3) | 27.8(11.3) | |||||
Private sector | 17.4(12.5) | 32.2(26.4) | 27.7(24.4) | 38.0(26.1) | 28.8(11.8) | |||||
Public sector | 19.6(16.3) | 28.3(23.1) | 26.6(22.5) | 31.5(21.7) | 26.6(12.3) | |||||
Total | 19.6 (16.0) | 29.1(23.7) | 29.2(24.5) | 34.8(24.8) | 28.2(12.0) | |||||