Table 5.
Group comparison and gender differences in WHOQOL-BREF using the Mann-Whitney U-test
Groups | Variable | Single child | Siblings | Z | P | ||
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Mean±SD | Mean rank | Mean±SD | Mean rank | ||||
Overall | Overall | 3.96±0.79 | 453.55 | 3.85±0.78 | 429.89 | −0.88 | 0.38 |
Physical | 54.34±10.22 | 398.27 | 55.53±11.45 | 435.30 | −1.27 | 0.21 | |
Psychological | 61.79±12.82 | 464.08 | 60.05±13.44 | 428.86 | −1.20 | 0.23 | |
Social | 67.66±20.65 | 431.81 | 68.14±20.79 | 432.02 | −0.01 | 0.99 | |
Environmental | 66.25±14.03 | 478.77 | 63.63±14.95 | 427.42 | −1.74 | 0.08 | |
Males | Overall | 3.73±0.83 | 125.65 | 3.75±0.80 | 131.04 | −0.38 | 0.70 |
Physical | 52.46±9.02 | 108.06 | 55.98±12.07 | 132.99 | −1.63 | 0.10 | |
Psychological | 61.42±13.67 | 142.58 | 59.73±13.27 | 129.16 | −0.88 | 0.38 | |
Social | 59.35±20.19 | 119.23 | 63.85±20.75 | 131.75 | −0.81 | 0.42 | |
Environmental | 65.38±10.26 | 143.54 | 62.42±14.48 | 129.05 | −0.94 | 0.35 | |
Females | Overall | 4.08±0.74 | 332.34 | 3.90±0.77 | 299.20 | −1.45 | 0.15 |
Physical | 55.29±10.74 | 293.57 | 55.34±11.18 | 302.78 | −0.37 | 0.71 | |
Psychological | 61.98±12.50 | 321.95 | 60.18±13.52 | 300.16 | −0.87 | 0.39 | |
Social | 71.90±19.75 | 319.07 | 69.9620.56 | 300.42 | −0.74 | 0.46 | |
Environmental | 66.6915.68 | 337.26 | 64.14±15.13 | 298.74 | −1.52 | 0.13 |
SD – Standard deviation