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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2018 Nov 27;28(4):963–968. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2066-2

Table 2.

Items’ means and standard deviations, for the total sample and all subgroups

I1 I2 I3 I4 I5
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Total sample 3.66 1.11 3.81 1.07 3.91 1.01 3.27 1.22 4.07 .954
Gender
 Male 3.56 1.12 3.67 1.11 3.85 1.02 3.20 1.26 4.09 .911
 Female 3.75 1.09 3.92 1.03 3.95 1.00 3.33 1.19 4.06 .988
Age
 24 or younger 3.65 1.14 3.77 1.22 3.90 1.26 3.37 1.50 4.06 .982
 Older than 24 3.67 1.27 3.85 1.07 3.91 1.00 3.16 1.47 4.08 .831
Marital status
 Single 3.59 1.19 3.66 1.11 3.84 1.04 3.23 1.25 4.05 .966
 In a relationship 3.80 1.07 4.09 .940 4.03 .927 3.35 1.18 4.11 .933
Educational level
 High school or lower 3.65 1.09 3.71 1.10 3.91 1.01 3.26 1.21 4.02 .987
 Higher than high school 3.68 1.12 3.93 1.03 3.90 1.00 3.28 1.24 4.13 .910

Item (1) In most ways my life is close to my ideal; Item (2) The conditions of my life are excellent; Item (3) I am satisfied with my life; Item (4) So far I have gotten the important things I want in life; Item (5) If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing

SD Standard deviation