Table 4.
Bivariate relationships of HL-SDH scales with other measures
| HL-SDH | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Mean ± SD | r | F | P |
| HP-HL index of Japanese version HLS-EU-Q47 | .74 | <0.001 | ||
| Self-rated health | .14 | .001 | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Men | 68.8 ± 13.7 | 4.168 | .042 | |
| Women | 70.7 ± 13.6 | |||
| Age in categories | ||||
| 20–29 | 69.8 ± 13.7 | 0.614 | .653 | |
| 30–39 | 70.1 ± 14.7 | |||
| 40–49 | 68.8 ± 13.6 | |||
| 50–59 | 68.8 ± 13.8 | |||
| 60–69 | 70.7 ± 12.7 | |||
| Education attainment | ||||
| Junior high school | 75.0 ± 12.0 | 1.645 | .161 | |
| High school | 69.6 ± 13.5 | |||
| Junior college | 71.1 ± 14.1 | |||
| College/university | 68.6 ± 13.9 | |||
| Graduate school | 70.9 ± 12.6 | |||
| Annual pre-tax household income(million yena) | ||||
| < 1.5 | 67.7 ± 12.5 | 1.909 | .091 | |
| 1.5–3.5 | 68.0 ± 14.2 | |||
| 3.5–6.0 | 68.9 ± 13.3 | |||
| 6.0–8.5 | 70.5 ± 14.7 | |||
| 8.5–12.5 | 72.2 ± 14.4 | |||
| ≥ 12.5 | 72.8 ± 12.1 | |||
| Self-assessed Living Conditions | ||||
| Very Hard | 67.2 ± 16.8 | 2.932 | .020 | |
| Hard | 68.4 ± 12.9 | |||
| Common | 70.1 ± 13.2 | |||
| A Little Well | 71.2 ± 14.4 | |||
| Very well | 78.0 ± 16.7 | |||
| Occupation | ||||
| Self-employed | 71.8 ± 16.3 | 0.79 | .596 | |
| Managerial and administrative | 69.0 ± 13.8 | |||
| Professional and technical | 68.9 ± 14.7 | |||
| Others (Routine and manual) | 69.6 ± 14.7 | |||
| Part time | 68.2 ± 12.2 | |||
| Homemaker | 70.8 ± 12.8 | |||
| Student | 73.1 ± 10.5 | |||
| Unemployed | 68.6 ± 12.3 | |||
| Municipality size | ||||
| Very large(population of ≥500,000) | 70.3 ± 14.2 | 1.985 | .115 | |
| Large (population of 100,000–499,999) | 70.0 ± 13.8 | |||
| Moderate (population of <100,000) | 67.3 ± 12.9 | |||
| Small | 70.9 ± 13.0 | |||
a$1 = approximately 102 yen in Sep 2016