Table 2.
General characteristics of interesting variables at baseline (Wave 8) according to self-rated health and life satisfaction
| Self-Rated Health | Life Satisfaction | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Bad | Good | Bad | |||||||
| N | Weighted | N | Weighted | P-value | N | Weighted | N | Weighted | P-value | |
| % | % | % | % | |||||||
| Combined effects of education level and subjective social class | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| LL | 1,126 | 54.6 | 868 | 45.4 | 1,553 | 77.0 | 441 | 23.0 | ||
| LM | 1,397 | 86.2 | 224 | 13.8 | 1,320 | 80.5 | 301 | 19.5 | ||
| LH | 755 | 92.6 | 52 | 7.4 | 696 | 85.5 | 111 | 14.6 | ||
| ML | 838 | 73.8 | 292 | 26.2 | 1,094 | 97.1 | 36 | 3.0 | ||
| MM | 1,552 | 92.2 | 122 | 7.9 | 1,620 | 96.9 | 54 | 3.1 | ||
| MH | 1,577 | 96.8 | 56 | 3.2 | 1,600 | 97.2 | 33 | 2.8 | ||
| HL | 313 | 79.4 | 82 | 20.6 | 393 | 99.6 | 2 | 0.4 | ||
| HM | 641 | 93.7 | 44 | 6.3 | 677 | 98.8 | 8 | 1.3 | ||
| HH | 1,187 | 96.0 | 49 | 4.0 | 1,229 | 99.2 | 7 | 0.8 | ||
| Subjective social class | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Low | 3,278 | 74.6 | 1,144 | 25.4 | 3,569 | 80.2 | 853 | 19.8 | ||
| Middle | 3,967 | 90.0 | 470 | 10.0 | 4,314 | 97.1 | 123 | 2.9 | ||
| High | 2,141 | 92.9 | 175 | 7.1 | 2,299 | 99.1 | 17 | 0.9 | ||
| Education | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| ≤Middle school | 2,277 | 63.5 | 1,242 | 36.6 | 3,040 | 23.9 | 479 | 3.9 | ||
| High school | 3,590 | 90.0 | 390 | 10.0 | 3,617 | 90.6 | 363 | 9.4 | ||
| ≥College | 3,519 | 95.6 | 157 | 4.4 | 3,525 | 95.1 | 151 | 4.9 | ||
| Age | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| ≤29 | 2,653 | 97.3 | 77 | 2.7 | 2,589 | 94.3 | 141 | 5.7 | ||
| 30–39 | 2,345 | 94.1 | 132 | 5.9 | 2,305 | 92.6 | 172 | 7.4 | ||
| 40–49 | 1,982 | 89.2 | 234 | 10.8 | 1,975 | 89.3 | 241 | 10.7 | ||
| 50–59 | 1,292 | 78.0 | 367 | 22.0 | 1,489 | 89.2 | 170 | 10.8 | ||
| 60–69 | 734 | 60.9 | 464 | 39.1 | 1,061 | 88.6 | 137 | 11.4 | ||
| ≥70 | 380 | 42.9 | 515 | 57.1 | 763 | 85.3 | 132 | 14.8 | ||
| Gender | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Male | 4,688 | 87.2 | 676 | 12.8 | 4,881 | 90.4 | 483 | 9.6 | ||
| Female | 4,698 | 82.2 | 1,113 | 17.8 | 5,301 | 91.6 | 510 | 8.4 | ||
| Residential region | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Capital | 2,185 | 86.2 | 376 | 13.8 | 2,260 | 88.5 | 301 | 11.5 | ||
| Big city | 2,800 | 84.7 | 522 | 15.3 | 2,995 | 90.1 | 327 | 9.9 | ||
| Small city | 4,401 | 83.9 | 891 | 16.1 | 4,927 | 92.9 | 365 | 7.1 | ||
| Marital status | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Single | 3,458 | 86.1 | 671 | 13.9 | 3,695 | 89.7 | 434 | 10.3 | ||
| Married | 5,928 | 83.7 | 1,118 | 16.3 | 6,487 | 91.9 | 559 | 8.1 | ||
| Shift work | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 381 | 92.5 | 31 | 7.5 | 380 | 92.1 | 32 | 7.9 | ||
| No | 3328 | 93.7 | 241 | 6.4 | 3295 | 92.6 | 274 | 7.4 | ||
| Not employed | 5677 | 79.8 | 1517 | 20.2 | 6507 | 90.1 | 687 | 9.9 | ||
| Smoking status | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Smoker | 2,421 | 89.4 | 287 | 10.6 | 2,423 | 88.9 | 285 | 11.1 | ||
| Former smoker | 1,219 | 76.4 | 368 | 23.6 | 1,422 | 88.1 | 165 | 11.9 | ||
| Never | 5,746 | 84.9 | 1,134 | 15.2 | 6,337 | 92.6 | 543 | 7.4 | ||
| Alcohol use | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 5,664 | 90.9 | 596 | 9.1 | 5,718 | 91.2 | 542 | 8.8 | ||
| Former user | 791 | 64.3 | 419 | 35.7 | 1,074 | 86.9 | 136 | 13.1 | ||
| No | 2,931 | 80.6 | 774 | 19.4 | 3,390 | 92.0 | 315 | 8.0 | ||
| Sensory system inability | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 51 | 18.3 | 229 | 81.7 | 218 | 75.6 | 62 | 24.4 | ||
| No | 9,335 | 86.5 | 1,560 | 13.5 | 9,964 | 91.4 | 931 | 8.6 | ||
| Physical inability | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 138 | 14.3 | 807 | 85.7 | 723 | 75.2 | 222 | 24.8 | ||
| No | 9,248 | 91.0 | 982 | 9.1 | 9,459 | 92.4 | 771 | 7.6 | ||
| Activity restriction 1 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 100 | 19.2 | 435 | 80.8 | 401 | 74.4 | 134 | 25.6 | ||
| No | 9,286 | 88.0 | 1,354 | 12.0 | 9,781 | 91.8 | 859 | 8.2 | ||
| Activity restriction 2 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 11 | 4.3 | 255 | 95.7 | 183 | 67.1 | 83 | 32.9 | ||
| No | 9,375 | 86.8 | 1,534 | 13.2 | 9,999 | 91.6 | 910 | 8.4 | ||
| Activity restriction 3 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 41 | 7.4 | 446 | 92.6 | 357 | 70.8 | 130 | 29.2 | ||
| No | 9,345 | 88.2 | 1,343 | 11.8 | 9,825 | 91.9 | 863 | 8.1 | ||
| Activity restriction 4 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 183 | 14.8 | 953 | 85.2 | 882 | 76.4 | 254 | 23.6 | ||
| No | 9,203 | 92.3 | 836 | 7.7 | 9,300 | 92.6 | 739 | 7.4 | ||
| Self-rated health | <.0001 | |||||||||
| Good | N/A | 8,789 | 93.5 | 597 | 6.5 | |||||
| Bad | 1,393 | 77.0 | 396 | 23.0 | ||||||
| Life satisfaction | <.0001 | |||||||||
| Good | 8,789 | 87.1 | 1,393 | 12.9 | N/A | |||||
| Bad | 597 | 61.0 | 396 | 39.0 | ||||||
| Total | 9,386 | 84.7 | 1,789 | 15.3 | 10,182 | 91.0 | 993 | 9.0 | ||