Variables | Values | PCS | MCS | ||||
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 |  | Mean | SD | P Value | Mean | SD | P Value |
Sex | Male | 48.68 | 10.93 | 0.093 | 53.20 | 8.82 | 0.828 |
 | Female | 46.89 | 11.09 | 53.02 | 8.53 | ||
Age | 45-50 years | 50.79 | 8.21 | < .001 | 53.91 | 8.60 | 0.277 |
 | 50-55 years | 49.12 | 9.44 | 53.46 | 8.10 | ||
 | 55-60 Years | 46.78 | 10.92 | 52.94 | 8.49 | ||
 | 60-65 years | 42.34 | 14.61 | 51.59 | 9.58 | ||
Education | Illiterate | 44.64 | 13.57 | < .001 | 51.56 | 9.25 | 0.002 |
 | Elementary school | 46.15 | 11.35 | 51.82 | 9.38 | ||
 | Junior middle school | 50.72 | 8.87 | 54.89 | 7.48 | ||
 | Senior middle school/higher | 49.61 | 9.49 | 55.11 | 6.75 | ||
Occupation | Farmer | 48.31 | 10.84 | 0.005 | 52.96 | 8.68 | 0.337 |
 | Workers | 49.91 | 8.90 | 54.35 | 7.86 | ||
 | Unemployed/retired/house worker | 44.94 | 12.37 | 52.54 | 9.13 | ||
Marital status | With spouse | 47.97 | 10.82 | 0.101 | 53.22 | 10.33 | 0.312 |
Without spouse | 44.24 | 13.89 | 51.41 | 8.55 | |||
Stay with others except spouse | Yes | 48.13 | 11.48 | 0.461 | 53.14 | 8.32 | 0.916 |
No | 47.34 | 10.60 | 53.06 | 9.00 | |||
Household per capita living space (m2) | less than 20 | 48.86 | 9.67 | 0.652 | 54.64 | 7.76 | 0.449 |
20-40 | 47.03 | 11.94 | 53.00 | 8.93 | |||
40-60 | 48.04 | 10.66 | 52.33 | 7.91 | |||
More than 60 | 48.37 | 10.19 | 53.52 | 9.29 | |||
Household per capita income (Â¥) | Less than 2000 | 45.53 | 12.93 | 0.008 | 51.81 | 9.39 | < .001 |
2000-4999 | 44.70 | 13.38 | 50.63 | 9.26 | |||
5000-9999 | 48.03 | 10.86 | 52.13 | 8.98 | |||
10000-14999 | 50.02 | 8.31 | 55.83 | 7.02 | |||
More than 15000 | 48.98 | 9.70 | 55.82 | 7.18 | |||
Daily drinking water | Safe water | 48.97 | 8.80 | 0.024 | 54.68 | 7.38 | < .001 |
Others | 46.58 | 12.75 | 51.60 | 9.50 | |||
Frequency of caring about each other | Always | 49.00 | 9.98 | < .001 | 53.93 | 8.11 | < .001 |
Often | 46.53 | 10.75 | 52.01 | 9.32 | |||
Seldom | 36.14 | 18.12 | 46.95 | 10.03 |