Table 3.

Mean (m) and standard deviation (SD) for VLQ and the scales total sum (n = 196).

	2003		2006
Variables	m (SD) Range		m (SD)	Range
Importance
Family relation	8.4 (2.0)		8.6 (1.6)
Married	9.4 (1.2)		9.3 (1.5)
Parenting	9.5 (1.5)		9.5 (1.4)
Friends/Social life	8.8 (1.2)		8.6 (1.4)
Work	8.0 (1.6)		7.9 (1.6)
Education	7.9 (1.6)		7.8 (1.5)
Leisure	7.9 (1.6)		8.0 (1.6)
Psychological well-being	8.8 (1.5)		8.7 (1.4)
Physical self-care	8.8 (1.4)		8.7 (1.4)
Sum	77.4 (7.6)	52-90	77.1 (7.3)	46-90
Consistency
Family relation Married	7.0 (2.7) 7.3 (2.6)		7.4 (2.2) 7.4 (2.6)
Parenting	8.0 (2.2)		8.4 (1.9)
Friends/Social life	6.8 (2.3)		6.7 (2.9)
Work	7.9 (1.9)		7.6 (2.0)
Education	5.7 (2.7)		5.7 (2.6)
Leisure	6.3 (2.7)		6.2 (2.5)
Psychological well-being	6.5 (2.5)		6.5 (2.5)
Physical self-care	6.9 (2.5)		7.0 (2.3)
Sum	62.2 (12.8)	22 - 90	62.6 (11.8)	17-88

The scale runs from 1 (no importance/consistency) to 10 (great importance/consistency); Bold figures = p < 0.05.