Table 6

Mean SF-36 Scale and Component Summary Scores, by other measures of health and social situation. The F statistic associated with each comparison is indicated, together with minimum number of respondents in each cell (in brackets).

PCS

MCS

PF

RP

BP

GH

VT

SF

RE

MH


Presence of long term health condition or disability

No (9549)

52.16

50.58

88.57

88.09

80.14

74.85

64.19

85.87

86.55

75.34

Yes (2771)

38.89

47.02

61.99

47.91

52.96

51.40

49.10

65.35

65.48

66.94

F(1,475)

1797.99

163.21

1324.59

1367.80

1621.36

1777.15

892.23

858.84

455.68

340.62

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If so, does condition limit ability to work?

No (761)

47.69

49.20

80.13

75.08

70.20

65.01

58.66

79.67

78.80

72.31

Yes (1969)

35.76

46.23

56.05

38.30

46.92

46.57

45.72

60.36

60.98

65.08

Can do nothing (41)

28.00

45.10

31.05

22.33

37.13

37.61

41.20

51.72

44.01

61.01

F(2,460)

475.53

15.92

361.10

275.57

272.20

235.87

110.07

159.16

65.12

35.12

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Satisfaction with health

Satisfied/mixed (11182)

50.22

50.40

84.65

82.24

76.19

71.88

62.43

83.26

84.14

74.65

Not satisfied (1018)

39.71

43.95

62.67

48.61

52.82

47.63

45.23

61.96

58.97

62.24

F(1,475)

501.04

204.52

391.67

477.58

516.14

672.21

503.83

435.33

250.56

270.29

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Satisfaction with life

Satisfied/mixed (11937)

49.40

50.22

82.94

79.90

74.51

70.23

61.42

82.07

82.87

74.21

Dissatisfied (341)

43.99

37.17

69.34

53.93

56.02

49.22

40.10

53.42

51.37

50.20

F(1,475)

48.84

265.85

64.26

84.88

98.41

196.47

275.57

257.92

125.10

364.73

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Report that job stress makes physically ill

Not agree, neither (6533)

51.82

51.12

89.11

87.80

79.22

74.59

64.24

86.25

88.23

76.08

Agree (1255)

49.89

44.72

84.90

76.61

71.08

65.19

53.41

74.52

70.55

66.04

F(1,472)

40.41

290.07

39.02

98.10

89.70

174.22

267.47

208.13

200.02

269.57

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Often Lonely

Disagree/mixed (9506)

49.74

51.33

84.16

81.58

75.93

71.65

63.04

84.27

85.63

76.17

Agree (2454)

47.45

43.87

77.37

69.90

66.63

61.96

52.26

70.07

67.19

63.14

F(1,475)

63.52

722.01

100.92

147.99

196.06

315.39

486.49

514.90

424.96

763.49

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Degrees of freedom for F statistics based on number of clusters (primary sampling units) and number of strata

* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001

Butterworth and Crosier BMC Public Health 2004 4:44   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-44

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