Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population (n=104).
| Total Mean (SD) |
Male Mean (SD) |
Female Mean (SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage sample | 50% | 50% | |||||||
| Mean age (years) | 44.75 (6.91) | 44.21 (6.65) | 45.28 (7.20) | ||||||
| Level of deprivation ( mean Carstairs score) | 6.64 (2.21) | 6.28 (2.36) | 7.0 (2.02) | ||||||
| Work status % | |||||||||
| Working part-time (less than 30 h/week) | 3 | 2% | 4% | ||||||
| Job-seeking | 67% | 79% | 57% | ||||||
| In education | 4% | 4% | 4% | ||||||
| Not in work owing to sickness, disability | 11% | 11% | 11% | ||||||
| Not in work owing to caring for family | 13% | 4% | 22% | ||||||
| Unknown | 1% | 0% | 2% | ||||||
| Percentage of green space in residential environment | |||||||||
| Low green space < 43% | 73% | 77% | 70% | ||||||
| High green space ≥ 43% | 27% | 23% | 30% | ||||||
| Perceived Stress (PSS) | 14.28 (5.8) | 18.66 (5.9) * | 21.87 (5.40) * | ||||||
| Perceived well-being (SWEMWBS) | 22.35 (4.94) | 23.55 (4.92) * | 21.10 (4.67) * | ||||||
| Reported physical activity (days/month) | 8.20 (8.71) | 9.70 (8.9) * | 6.67 (8.29) * | ||||||
| Cortisol mean concentration (over 2 days) | 6.00 (2.85) | 6.54 (2.54) | 5.58 (3.08) | ||||||
| Cortisol slope (mean slope over 2 days) | 4.00 (5.00) | 4.09 (4.74) * | 3.91 (5.27) * | ||||||
* statistically significant gender difference between male and females p < 0.05 (Mann-Whitney U Test).