Table 1.
Health-Related Quality of Life by Participants’ Characteristics.
| Total | Health-Related Quality of Life | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical (PCS) | Mental (MCS) | |||||||||
| N or M | % or SD | M | SD | t/F or r (Scheffe) | p-Value | M | SD | t/F or r (Scheffe) | p-Value | |
| Total | 736 | 100 | 52.38 | 7.65 | 38.33 | 12.64 | ||||
| Age group | ||||||||||
| 19–29(a) | 559 | 76.0 | 52.59 | 7.81 | 37.44 | 12.56 | 7.877 | <0.0001 | ||
| 30-39(b) | 146 | 19.8 | 51.59 | 6.94 | 0.998 | 0.369 | 40.28 | 12.96 | (a < c) | |
| 40-51(c) | 31 | 4.2 | 52.27 | 7.91 | 45.22 | 9.09 | ||||
| Median (Q1–Q3) | 25 (21–29) | |||||||||
| City | ||||||||||
| Capital city | 344 | 46.7 | 52.29 | 7.36 | −0.275 | 0.783 | 38.55 | 12.39 | 0.445 | 0.656 |
| Other | 392 | 53.3 | 52.45 | 7.90 | 38.14 | 12.86 | ||||
| Education | ||||||||||
| High school or under | 70 | 9.5 | 50.30 | 7.41 | 2.396 | 0.017 | 35.71 | 13.80 | 1.684 | 0.096 |
| Above college | 666 | 90.5 | 52.59 | 7.64 | 38.61 | 12.49 | ||||
| Annual family income | ||||||||||
| <USD 50,000 | 525 | 71.3 | 52.04 | 7.66 | −1.858 | 0.064 | 37.66 | 12.93 | −2.372 | 0.018 |
| ≥USD 50,000 | 211 | 28.7 | 53.20 | 7.57 | 40.00 | 11.74 | ||||
| Employment | ||||||||||
| Student(a) | 349 | 47.4 | 53.14 | 7.81 | 4.413 | 36.93 | 12.81 | 14.268 | <0.0001 | |
| Employed(b) | 325 | 44.2 | 51.44 | 7.20 | (b < a) | 0.012 | 40.83 | 11.52 | (a,c < b) | |
| Unemployed(c) | 62 | 8.4 | 53.01 | 8.54 | 33.14 | 14.51 | ||||
| Sexual Identity | ||||||||||
| Lesbian | 374 | 50.8 | 52.99 | 7.68 | 2.233 | 0.026 | 39.90 | 12.52 | 3.436 | 0.001 |
| Bisexual | 362 | 49.2 | 51.74 | 7.57 | 36.72 | 12.56 | ||||
| Smoking | ||||||||||
| Yes | 173 | 23.51 | 51.28 | 7.79 | 2.161 | 0.031 | 37.54 | 12.81 | 0.947 | 0.344 |
| No | 563 | 76.49 | 52.71 | 7.58 | 38.58 | 12.58 | ||||
| High -risk drinking | ||||||||||
| Yes | 85 | 11.54 | 51.452 | 8.0581 | 1.185 | 0.236 | 39.281 | 13.9093 | −0.736 | 0.462 |
| No | 651 | 88.46 | 52.496 | 7.5897 | 38.208 | 12.4657 | ||||
| Physical Activity | ||||||||||
| High (a) | 249 | 33.83 | 53.17 | 7.06 | 8.552 | 39.34 | 12.22 | |||
| Moderate (b) | 305 | 41.44 | 52.92 | 7.60 | (c < a,b) | <0.0001 | 38.36 | 12.32 | 1.953 | 0.143 |
| Low (c) | 182 | 24.73 | 50.37 | 8.17 | 36.91 | 13.60 | ||||
| Minority Stress | 2.14 | 0.48 | −0.151 | <0.0001 | −0.238 | <0.0001 | ||||
| Perceived Social Support | 4.89 | 1.11 | 0.124 | 0.001 | 0.428 | <0.0001 | ||||
PCS: Physical Component Summary, MCS: Mental Component Summary; N: Number; M: Mean; SD: Standard Deviation.