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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2014 Jun;33(6):535–543. doi: 10.1037/hea0000029

Table 3.

Mean Happiness and Physical Activity Scores and Smoking Status Distribution by Whether Participants Endorsed Each of the 8 Social Roles.

Happiness Physical Activity Smoker Status

n Mean (SD)a n Mean (SD)a n %b
Club member
 No 642 13.93 (2.52) 507 2.77 (.60) 613 17.8
 Yes 497 14.49 (2.28)*** 430 2.77 (.62) 483 13.3*
Church member
 No 305 13.91 (2.56) 223 2.84 (.57) 286 21.7
 Yes 834 14.28 (2.38)* 714 2.74 (.62)* 810 13.7***
Volunteer
 No 827 13.94 (2.49) 670 2.71 (.61) 795 17.6
 Yes 312 14.80 (2.16)*** 267 2.90 (.59)*** 301 11.0**
Employee
 No 927 14.07 (2.46) 760 2.74 (.62) 893 15.3
 Yes 212 14.63 (2.27)** 177 2.89 (.56)** 203 17.7
Married
 No 590 13.94 (2.48) 487 2.66 (.65) 571 16.8
 Yes 549 14.43 (2.36)*** 450 2.88 (.54)*** 525 14.7
Parent
 No 316 14.01 (2.42) 258 2.70 (.64) 313 16.6
 Yes 823 14.24 (2.44) 679 2.79 (.60)* 783 15.5
Relative
 No 338 14.18 (2.55) 275 2.75 (.62) 331 17.8
 Yes 801 14.18 (2.38) 662 2.78 (.61) 765 14.9
Friend
 No 195 13.46 (2.77) 146 2.74 (.53) 187 21.9
 Yes 944 14.33 (2.33)*** 791 2.77 (.63) 909 14.5*
*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p< .001

a

significant difference based on independent sample t-tests

b

significant difference based on chi-square analysis.