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. 2024 May 22;12:1370118. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1370118

Table 2.

Scores and differences obtained according to sex and center location of the items of the SWLS.

Items Sex Environment
Boy Girl Rural Urban
M (SD) M (SD) p g M (SD) M (SD) p g

  1. In most ways my life is close to my ideal

 3.82 (1.06) 3.65 (0.97) <0.01* 0.17 3.84 (1.00) 3.64 (1.03) <0.01* 0.20

  1. The conditions of my life are excellent

 4.35 (0.84) 4.15 (0.96) <0.01* 0.22 4.29 (0.85) 4.22 (0.95) 0.57 0.08

  1. I am satisfied with my life

 4.46 (0.90) 4.27 (0.92) <0.01* 0.21 4.44 (0.85) 4.30 (0.97) 0.04* 0.15

  1. So far I have gotten the important things I want in life

 4.25 (0.95) 4.12 (0.94) 0.02* 0.14 4.31 (0.87) 4.07 (1.00) <0.01* 0.26

  1. If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing

 3.78 (1.27) 3.53 (1.23) <0.01* 0.20 3.66 (1.25) 3.65 (1.27) 0.99 0.01
SWLSS 4.10 (0.61) 3.89 (0.54) <0.01* 0.36 4.12 (0.50) 3.88 (0.63) 0.03* 0.42

p is significant < 0.05*. M, mean value; SD, standard deviation. Each score obtained is based on a Likert scale (1–5): 1 “Strongly disagree,” 2 “Disagree,” 3 “Indifferent,” 4 “Agree,” 5 “Strongly agree.”