Table 1.
Descriptive measures of independents variables by age groups and comparisons (chi square) for good Self-Rated Health (SRH)
| Age groups | 15-29 (N = 1,360) |
30-49 (N = 1,122) |
50+ (N = 1,119) |
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| Variables | %N | Good SRH (%) |
F value (df) | %N | Good SRH % |
F value (df) | %N | Good SRH (%) |
F value (df) |
| Socio-demographic | |||||||||
| Sex | 7.03(1) | 16.81 (1) | 22.74(1) | ||||||
| Male | 44.3 | 98.5** | 42.2 | 95.6** | 46.5 | 81.5** | |||
| Female | 55.7 | 95.9 | 57.8 | 88.4 | 53.5 | 68.9 | |||
| Marital status | 0.31 (1) | 0.11 (1) | 5.03 (1) | ||||||
| Married | 32.8 | 97.5 | 41.6 | 91 | 38.8 | 78.6* | |||
| Unmarried | 67.2 | 96.8 | 58.4 | 91.8 | 61.2 | 72.4 | |||
| Socio-economic | |||||||||
| Education (years) | 0.98 (1) | 13.49 (1) | 8.08 (1) | ||||||
| Less than 12 | 43.6 | 96.5 | 66.7 | 89.2** | 83 | 73.3** | |||
| More than 12 | 56.4 | 97.5 | 33.3 | 96 | 17 | 83.6 | |||
| Occupational status | 0.98 (1) | 0.41 (1) | 0.91 (1) | ||||||
| Employed | 94.7 | 97.2 | 98.2 | 91.6 | 99.5 | 74.7 | |||
| Unemployed | 5.3 | 94.4 | 1.8 | 85 | 0.5 | 100 | |||
| Health insurance agency | 0.02 (1) | 2.29 (1) | 1.02 (1) | ||||||
| All others | 45.2 | 96.9 | 46.4 | 92.9 | 47.5 | 76.3 | |||
| IKA | 54.8 | 97.2 | 53.6 | 90.2 | 52.5 | 73.5 | |||
| Home surface/person | 0.0 (1) | 3.91 (1) | 0.01 (1) | ||||||
| > 25.5 | 46.2 | 97.1 | 45.5 | 93.3* | 58.4 | 74.6 | |||
| ≤ 25.5 | 53.8 | 97 | 54.5 | 89.9 | 41.6 | 75.1 | |||
| Disease-related | |||||||||
| Health care use (last year) | 6.35 (1) | 25.83 (1) | 43.33 (1) | ||||||
| No | 60.4 | 98.1* | 46.1 | 96.1** | 30.3 | 87.9** | |||
| Yes | 39.6 | 95.5 | 53.9 | 87.4 | 69.7 | 69.1 | |||
| Daily physical symptoms | 4.47 (1) | 6.35 (1) | 30.19 (1) | ||||||
| No | 22.5 | 99* | 14.3 | 96.9* | 9.6 | 97.2** | |||
| Yes | 77.5 | 96.5 | 85.7 | 90.5 | 90.4 | 72.4 | |||
| Disease status | 23.36(2) | 109.74 (2) | 168.6 (2) | ||||||
| Healthy | 65.8 | 98.7** | 55.6 | 97.6** | 29.8 | 93.3** | |||
| At least one chronic disease | 26 | 94.7 | 24.3 | 91.5 | 27.8 | 84.4 | |||
| Comorbidity | 8.2 | 92.5 | 20.1 | 74.2 | 42.4 | 55.3 | |||
| Food consumption | |||||||||
| Meat (times/week) | 0.58 (1) | 0.41 (1) | 0.46 (1) | ||||||
| 0-1 | 21.4 | 96.2 | 16.9 | 90 | 27 | 73.2 | |||
| 2 or more | 78.6 | 97.3 | 83.1 | 91.7 | 73 | 75.4 | |||
| Vegetable (times/week) | 0.0 (1) | 0.01 (1) | 0.0 (1) | ||||||
| 7 | 28.5 | 97.2 | 35.2 | 91.6 | 43.8 | 74.9 | |||
| 6 or less | 71.5 | 97 | 64.8 | 91.3 | 56.2 | 74.7 | |||
| Fruit (times/week) | 1.39 (1) | 0.0 (1) | 0.79 (1) | ||||||
| 7 | 35 | 97.9 | 46.9 | 91.4 | 59.5 | 75.8 | |||
| 6 or less | 65 | 96.6 | 53.1 | 91.4 | 40.5 | 73.3 | |||
| Legume (times/week) | 0.01 (1) | 8.9 (1) | 7.14 (1) | ||||||
| At least 1 | 85.7 | 97 | 93.9 | 92.1** | 94.5 | 75.7** | |||
| No consumption | 14.3 | 97.4 | 6.1 | 80.9 | 5.5 | 59.7 | |||
| Fish (times/week) | 2.4 (1) | 1.49 (1) | 0.3 (1) | ||||||
| At least 2 | 18 | 98.8 | 21.7 | 89.3 | 34.1 | 75.9 | |||
| 1 or no consumption | 82 | 96.7 | 78.3 | 92 | 65.9 | 74.2 | |||
| Lifestyle | |||||||||
| Smoking | 7.26 (3) | 8.26 (3) | 8.47 (3) | ||||||
| No | 50.7 | 98.3 | 38.3 | 94* | 54.3 | 73.5* | |||
| Past | 2.8 | 94.7 | 8.2 | 88 | 17.4 | 69.7 | |||
| Light (≤ 20 cigarettes) | 37.4 | 95.9 | 34.3 | 91.4 | 17.8 | 80.9 | |||
| Heavy (> 20 cigarettes) | 9.1 | 96 | 19.2 | 87.9 | 10.5 | 79.5 | |||
| Exercise (> 1 hour/week) | 2.26 (1) | 0.03 (1) | 0.0 (1) | ||||||
| Yes | 64.9 | 97.6 | 56 | 91.2 | 52.9 | 74.8 | |||
| No | 35.1 | 96 | 44 | 91.7 | 47.1 | 74.8 | |||
| Alcohol (glasses/week) | 0.02 (1) | 0.65 (1) | 8.85 (1) | ||||||
| 7 or less | 88.1 | 97 | 80.7 | 91.1 | 81.1 | 72.9** | |||
| Above 7 | 11.9 | 97.5 | 19.3 | 93.1 | 18.9 | 83 | |||
| BMI categories | 2.43 (2) | 9.27 (2) | 14.4 (2) | ||||||
| Normal | 80 | 97.3 | 48.6 | 92.8* | 31 | 79.4** | |||
| Over weight | 16.7 | 96.9 | 39 | 92 | 46.9 | 76.4 | |||
| Obese | 3.3 | 93.3 | 12.4 | 84.8 | 22.1 | 66 | |||
| Sleep satisfaction | 4.51 (1) | 25.45(1) | 66.43 (1) | ||||||
| Yes | 69 | 97.8* | 70 | 94.3** | 73.6 | 81.2** | |||
| No | 31 | 95.5 | 30 | 84.9 | 26.4 | 56.9 | |||
| Midday sleep | 4.72 (2) | 5.01 (2) | 2.82 (2) | ||||||
| No | 34 | 96.1 | 32.3 | 89.5 | 22.9 | 76.6 | |||
| Always | 11.8 | 95.6 | 19.3 | 89.9 | 33.5 | 71.7 | |||
| Occasionally | 54.2 | 98 | 48.4 | 93.4 | 43.6 | 76.2 | |||
| Religiosity | 0.0 (1) | 3.24 (1) | 1.78 (1) | ||||||
| Yes | 4 | 96.4 | 5.8 | 84.6 | 23.5 | 71.5 | |||
| No | 96 | 97.1 | 94.2 | 91.9 | 76.5 | 75.8 | |||
**p < 0.01 *0.01 ≤ p < 0.05 (chi square)