Table 2.
Manchester Short Assessment Of Quality of Life (MANSA): total mean score and individual life domain scores
|
MANSA |
Total sample |
Balkans |
Refugees in the West |
t-test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 4158 | N = 3313 | N = 845 | p | |
| Total score, mean (SD) |
4.78 (0.9) |
4.80 (0.9) |
4.73 (0.9) |
0.67 |
|
Individual items, mean (SD) | ||||
| Life in general1 |
4.4 (1.4) |
4.4 (1.4) |
4.5 (1.3) |
.181 |
| Employment/retirement2 |
3.7 (1.7) |
3.6 (1.8) |
3.8 (1.7) |
.006 |
| Financial situation3 |
3.4 (1.6) |
3.3 (1.6) |
3.9 (1.5) |
< 0.001 |
| Friendships4 |
5.0 (1.3) |
5.1 (1.3) |
4.8 (1.4) |
< 0.001 |
| Leisure activities5 |
4.4 (1.5) |
4.4 (1.5) |
4.1 (1.5) |
< 0.001 |
| Accommodation6 |
4.9 (1.5) |
4.9 (1.5) |
5.0 (1.5) |
.134 |
| Personal safety7 |
5.1 (1.3) |
5.1 (1.3) |
5.1 (1.4) |
.995 |
| People living with/living alone8 |
5.7 (1.2) |
5.7 (1.2) |
5.8 (1.4) |
.256 |
| Sex life9 |
5.0 (1.6) |
5.1 (1.6) |
4.9 (1.7) |
.037 |
| Relationship with family10 |
5.8 (1.1) |
5.8 (1.1) |
5.9 (1.2) |
.097 |
| Physical health11 |
4.9 (1.5) |
4.9 (1.5) |
4.6 (1.6) |
< 0.001 |
| Mental Health12 | 5.1 (1.6) | 5.3 (1.5) | 4.6 (1.8) | < 0.001 |
1-12Missing values for individual MANSA items: 1:21; 2:19; 3:16; 4:14; 5:16; 6:15; 7:16; 8:12; 9:382; 10:13; 11:12; 12:10.