Table 1. Sample characteristics (N = 571).
| Variables | Self-rated health | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Good N (%) | Poor N (%) | p valuea | |
| Total | 178 (31.2%) | 393 (68.8%) | |
| Age categories | 0.040 | ||
| Middle-age (40–59 years) | 143 (33.5%) | 284 (66.5%) | |
| Older adults (60–80 years) | 35 (24.3%) | 109 (75.7%) | |
| Education* | 0.002 | ||
| Basic education or more (≥8 years) | 113 (36.8%) | 194 (63.2%) | |
| Less than basic education (<8 years) | 65 (24.8%) | 197 (75.2%) | |
| Family income** | 0.007 | ||
| ≥3 Minimum wages | 67 (39.0%) | 105 (61.0%) | |
| <3 Minimum wages | 110 (27.6%) | 288 (72.4%) | |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 0.315 | ||
| Normal | 40 (37.0%) | 68 (63.0%) | |
| Overweight | 76 (30.6%) | 172 (69.4%) | |
| Obese | 62 (28.8%) | 153 (71.2%) | |
| Physical activity | 0.016 | ||
| Yes | 79 (37.3%) | 133 (62.7%) | |
| No | 99 (27.6%) | 260 (72.4%) | |
| Chronic conditions* | <0.001 | ||
| 0–2 | 169 (34.0%) | 328 (66.0%) | |
| 3 or more | 9 (12.5%) | 63 (87.5%) | |
| Menopausal status§ | 0.062 | ||
| Premenopausal | 42 (35.0%) | 78 (65.0%) | |
| Perimenopausal | 32 (39.5%) | 49 (60.5%) | |
| Postmenopausal | 100 (27.6%) | 262 (72.4%) | |
| Age at first birth | 0.088 | ||
| ≥18 years-old or nulliparous | 150 (32.8%) | 307 (67.2%) | |
| <18 years-old | 28 (24.6%) | 86 (75.4%) | |
| Parity | 0.015 | ||
| 0–2 | 89 (36.6%) | 154 (63.4%) | |
| 3 or more | 89 (27.1%) | 239 (72.9%) | |
Notes:
*
2 missing values.
**
1 missing value.
§
8 missing values.
a
p value for Chi-Square test.
BMI, Body Mass Index.