Table 1.
Prevalence of caseness (12-item Goldberg health questionnaire; GHQ-12) and average quality of life (Darmouth Coop Functional Health Assessment Charts/WONCA; COOP/WONCA) according to age, gender, social class and immigrant status.
| Variable | Unweighted n | Mental Health Problems (GHQ-12) | Quality of Life (COOP/WONCA) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted % | p-Value | Mean (SD) | p-Value | ||
| Age (years) | |||||
| 15–29 | 750 | 22.8 | 0.054 a | 18.4 (4.9) | 0.000 a |
| 30–44 | 1198 | 21.1 | 19.7 (5.2) | ||
| 45–64 | 1436 | 23.0 | 21.0 (5.6) | ||
| >65 | 1041 | 18.0 | 21.9 (5.2) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Men | 2035 | 16.8 | 0.000 b | 19.2 (4.8) | 0.000 b |
| Women | 2390 | 25.1 | 21.4 (5.7) | ||
| Social class | |||||
| High | 1743 | 17.8 | 0.000 a | 19.1 (4.8) | 0.000 a |
| Middle | 1009 | 22.1 | 20.7 (5.4) | ||
| Low | 1584 | 23.9 | 21.5 (5.6) | ||
| Immigration status (Place of birth) | |||||
| Outside of Spain | 764 | 23.2 | 0.166 b | 20.4 (5.1) | 0.942 b |
| Spain | 3661 | 20.8 | 20.4 (5.5) | ||
Note. Higher COOP/WONCA scores mean lower health-related quality of life. a Chi-square for linear trends or ANOVA for linearity. b Chi-square for homogeneity or ANOVA for equal means.