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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: Afr J Med Med Sci. 2008 Sep;37(3):239–247.

Table 4.

Demographic, health and social correlates of the environmental domain of WHOQoL-Bref

Demographics Health Social factors
Variable β s.e p-value Variable β s.e p-value Variable β s.e p-value
Age −0.08 0.1 0.172 Chronic pain 0.60 1.1 0.590 Contact with
family
−15.52 3.6 0.001
Sex −0.29 1.2 0.803 Self reported chronic
medical condition
−1.27 0.8 0.099 Contact with
friends
−1.28 1.7 0.459
Marital status 0.52 1.1 0.629 Disability −7.07 1.4 0.001 Instrumental
support
−0.77 0.9 0.412
Educational
status
−0.23 0.05 0.001 Dementia −2.83 1.2 0.019 Emotional
support
−4.54 1.0 0.001
Economic
status
1.68 0.2 0.001 Self reported
overall
health
7.89 1.3 0.001 Participation in family activities −4.75 1.3 0.001
Residence −1.55 0.6 0.020 Depression −0.65 1.5 0.672 Participation
in community
activities
−7.74 1.5 0.001