Table 1.
Basic Sociodemographic and Health Behavior–Related Characteristics of the Study Population (N = 786).
| Variable | n (%) | Self-rated health |
QoL |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (95.9%), n (%) | p | Good (5%), n (%) | p | ||
| Age (years) | <.0001 | <.0001 | |||
| 40-49 | 682 (86.8) | 681 (90.3) | 682 (91.3) | ||
| 50-59 | 26 (3.3) | 13 (1.7) | 16 (2.1) | ||
| 60+ | 78 (9.9) | 60 (8.0) | 49 (6.6) | ||
| Educational attainment | <.0001 | <.0001 | |||
| Primary/under primary | 32 (4.1) | 27 (3.6) | 18 (2.4) | ||
| High school | 723 (92.0) | 704 (93.4) | 709 (94.9) | ||
| Higher | 31 (3.9) | 23 (3.1) | 20 (2.7) | ||
| Marital status | .07 | <.0001 | |||
| Currently married | 775 (98.6) | 745 (98.8) | 741 (99.2) | ||
| Currently unmarried | 11 (1.4) | 9 (1.2) | 6 (0.8) | ||
| Earning status | .445 | .243 | |||
| Inadequate | 323 (41.1) | 309 (41.0) | 140 (18.7) | ||
| Adequate | 463 (58.9) | 445 (59.0) | 607 (81.3) | ||
| Living condition | .128 | .434 | |||
| Satisfied | 641 (81.6) | 612 (81.2) | 439 (58.8) | ||
| Dissatisfied | 145 (18.4) | 142 (18.8) | 308 (41.2) | ||
| Smokes tobacco | <.0001 | <.0001 | |||
| Yes | 57 (7.3) | 43 (5.7) | 47 (3.5) | ||
| No | 729 (92.7) | 711 (94.3) | 712 (95.3) | ||
| Drink alcohol | <.0001 | <.0001 | |||
| Yes | 49 (6.2) | 34 (4.5) | 32 (4.3) | ||
| No | 737 (93.8) | 720 (95.5) | 715 (95.7) | ||
| Takes PA | |||||
| Yes | 686 (87.3) | 685 (90.8) | 682 (91.3) | ||
| No | 100 (12.7) | 69 (9.2) | 65 (8.7) | ||
| Consumption of fruits | <.0001 | <.0001 | |||
| <5 Servings/day | 763 (97.1) | 736 (97.6) | 731 (97.9) | ||
| >5 Servings/day | 23 (2.9) | 18 (2.4) | 16 (2.1) | ||
| Consumption of vegetables | .004 | <.0001 | |||
| <5 Servings/day | 707 (89.9) | 699 (92.7) | 701 (93.8) | ||
| >5 Servings/day | 79 (10.1) | 55 (7.3) | 46 (6.2) | ||
Note. PA = physical activity; QoL = quality of life. p Value from chi-square tests.