Table 1.
Characteristics of subjects (n=1978)
| Characteristic | Total | Posthousing residual income by quartilesa | |||
| First quartile (<$11 000) |
Second quartile ($11 000–$18 999) |
Third quartile ($19 000–$28 999) |
Fourth quartile (≥$29 000) |
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| Health-related quality of life | |||||
| Physical component summaryb | 51.5±9.0 | 49.5±10.4 | 51.0±9.0 | 52.8±7.9 | 53.1±8.0 |
| Mental component summaryc | 54.9±8.5 | 52.1±8.1 | 54.3±8.6 | 55.6±8.5 | 57.0±8.0 |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||
| Age (years) | 51.6±17.7 | 60.7±17.1 | 51.0±15.9 | 47.7±15.9 | 46.2±16.7 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 814 (41.2) | 189 (41.9) | 162 (37.5) | 186 (41.4) | 203 (46.1) |
| Female | 1164 (58.8) | 262 (58.1) | 270 (62.5) | 263 (58.6) | 237 (53.9) |
| Marital statusd | |||||
| Married/cohabit | 1257 (63.7) | 209 (46.7) | 308 (71.3) | 320 (71.3) | 299 (68.0) |
| Single/divorced/separated/widowed | 717 (36.3) | 239 (53.3) | 124 (28.7) | 129 (28.7) | 141 (32.0) |
| Number of childrene | 0.6±0.9 | 0.4±0.7 | 0.9±1.0 | 0.8±0.9 | 0.6±0.8 |
| Number of adultsf | 2.7±1.2 | 1.7±0.8 | 2.4±0.8 | 2.9±1.0 | 3.5±1.2 |
| Socioeconomic factors | |||||
| Educational levelg | |||||
| Primary or below | 630 (32.0) | 224 (49.8) | 144 (33.6) | 101 (22.6) | 76 (17.4) |
| Secondary | 1046 (53.2) | 197 (43.8) | 253 (59.1) | 279 (62.4) | 236 (54.1) |
| Tertiary or above | 290 (14.8) | 29 (6.4) | 31 (7.2) | 67 (15.0) | 124 (28.4) |
| Deprivationh | |||||
| Non-deprived | 1596 (80.7) | 281 (62.3) | 334 (77.3) | 406 (90.4) | 423 (96.4) |
| Deprived | 381 (19.3) | 170 (37.7) | 98 (22.7) | 43 (9.6) | 16 (3.6) |
| Housing typei | |||||
| Public rental housing | 1026 (52.3) | 255 (57.3) | 281 (65.5) | 259 (57.9) | 124 (28.3) |
| Public ownership housing | 344 (17.5) | 49 (11.0) | 40 (9.3) | 69 (15.4) | 119 (27.2) |
| Private rental housing | 181 (9.2) | 59 (13.3) | 46 (10.7) | 33 (7.4) | 35 (8.0) |
| Private ownership housing | 411 (20.9) | 82 (18.4) | 62 (14.5) | 86 (19.2) | 160 (36.5) |
| Living space per capita j | 15.4±9.5 | 19.1±12.8 | 13.9±8.1 | 13.5±7.3 | 15.5±8.4 |
| Lifestyle behaviours | |||||
| Smoking statusk | |||||
| Non-smoker | 1615 (81.8) | 360 (79.8) | 342 (79.4) | 367 (82.1) | 368 (83.6) |
| Past smoker/current smoker | 360 (18.2) | 91 (20.2) | 89 (20.6) | 80 (17.9) | 72 (16.4) |
| Alcohol drinkingl | |||||
| Non-risky drinker | 1892 (96.6) | 440 (98.0) | 409 (95.8) | 424 (95.3) | 420 (96.8) |
| Risky drinker | 67 (3.4) | 9 (2.0) | 18 (4.2) | 21 (4.7) | 14 (3.2) |
| Physical activities | |||||
| Active | 217 (11.0) | 51 (11.3) | 45 (10.4) | 51 (11.4) | 49 (11.1) |
| Minimally active | 279 (14.1) | 85 (18.8) | 64 (14.8) | 49 (10.9) | 49 (11.1) |
| Inactive | 1482 (74.9) | 315 (69.8) | 323 (74.8) | 349 (77.7) | 342 (77.7) |
Data are presented as n (%) or mean±SD.
Missing data: a206; b45; c45; d4; e1; f1; g12; h1; i16; j2; k3; l19.
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