Table 3.
Differences between subscale scores and component summary scores based on socio-demographic variables using linear regression modelsa
| Physical functioning (95% CI) |
Role physical (95% CI) |
Bodily pain (95% CI) |
General health (95% CI) |
Vitality (95% CI) |
Social functioning (95% CI) |
Role emotional (95% CI) |
Mental health (95% CI) |
Physical component summary (95% CI) |
Mental component summary (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) |
− 0.5 (− 1.1, 0.1) |
− 0.5 (− 1.4, 0.4) |
− 0.4 (− 1.0, 0.2) |
− 0.1 (− 0.6, 0.4) |
0.0 (− 0.4, 0.5) |
0.0 (− 0.5, 0.4) |
0.0 (− 0.8, 0.8) |
0.0 (− 0.4, 0.5) |
− 0.3 (− 0.6, 0.1) |
0.1 (–0.2, 0.4) |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male (ref) | ||||||||||
| Female |
− 1.8 (− 13.3, 9.6) |
− 4.1 (− 21.8, 13.6) |
− 5.9 (− 17.4, 5.6) |
− 3.6 (− 14.4, 7.2) |
− 9.0 (− 18.4, 0.4) |
− 3.3 (− 12.9, 6.3) |
− 11.1 (− 27.1, 4.9) |
− 7.0 (− 15.7, 1.8) |
− 0.6 (− 7.2, 6.1) |
− 4.5 (− 10.5, 1.5) |
| Education | ||||||||||
| Higherb (ref) | ||||||||||
| Lowerc |
− 14.3* (− 24.7, − 4.0) |
− 17.4* (− 34.7, − 0.1) |
− 8.5 (− 20.2, 3.2) |
− 8.9 (− 19.7, 1.9) |
− 11.9* (− 21.0, − 2.8) |
− 7.7 (− 17.6, 2.1) |
− 10.1 (− 26.5, 6.2) |
− 5.9 (− 14.8, 3.0) |
− 6.1 (− 12.5, 0.2) |
− 4.0 (− 10.1, 2.1) |
| Employment status | ||||||||||
| Employed (ref) | ||||||||||
| Unemployed |
− 28.3** (− 40.0, − 16.7) |
− 26.9* (− 46.7, − 7.1) |
− 10.0 (− 23.0, 3.0) |
− 19.9* (− 31,8, − 8.0) |
− 13.5* (− 24.0, − 3.1) |
− 19.6** (− 29.9, − 9.3) |
− 17.0 (− 35.3, 1.2) |
− 5.4 (− 15.5, 4.7) |
− 12.9* (− 20.3, − 5.6) |
− 5.8 (− 13.0, 1.2) |
| Relationship status | ||||||||||
| In a relationship (ref) | ||||||||||
| Not in a relationship |
− 17.7* (− 28.5, − 7.0) |
− 13.6 (− 31.1, 3.9) |
− 1.1 (− 12.6, 10.5) |
– 11.5* (− 22.0, − 1.1) |
− 3.4 (− 12.7, 6.0) |
− 2.9 (− 12.5, 6.6) |
0.1 (− 16.0, 16.2) |
− 3.3 (− 12.1, 5.4) |
− 7.1* (− 13.5, − 0.8) |
0.2 (− 5.8, 6.2) |
| Living arrangement | ||||||||||
| Not living alone (ref) | ||||||||||
| Living alone |
1.5 (− 10.6, 13.7) |
8.8 (− 9.8, 27.4) |
4.7 (− 7.5, 16.9) |
0.0 (− 11.6, 11.5) |
2.1 (− 7.8, 12.1) |
2.3 (− 7.9, 12.6) |
14.4 (− 2.2, 31.1) |
− 0.8 (− 10.1, 8.5) |
2.4 (− 4.8, 9.5) |
2.1 (− 4.4, 8.5) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ref, reference value
aAdjusted for age and gender
bUpper secondary or university education
cCompulsory schooling or vocational training
*p value < 0.05, **p value < 0.001