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Table 2 Descriptive data on the SF-36 mean scores for each subscale by gender, age, education, marital, and working status.

From: Health related quality of life among Iraqi immigrants settled in Malaysia

 

Age (years)

 

Gender

Marital Status

Scales

18-29

30-39

40-49

50 +

P value

Male

Female

P value

Single/Divorced

Married

P value

PF

79.32(20.99)

78.23(22.96)

76.33(19.71)

67.86(21.44)

0.025*

80.0(20.4)

73.5(22.6)

0.018*

77.3(22.8)

77.6(20.7)

0.785

REP

67.83(35.93)

70.61(37.54)

68.88(35.18)

65.83(36.83)

0.159

70.3(36.2)

65.6()35.9

0.308

68.3(36.6)

68.5(35.9)

0.995

REE

57.75(38.16)

63.69 (40.83)

68.70 (39.91)

64.36 (41.72)

0.105

60.4(39.2)

64.4(40.1)

0.439

53.9(39.3)

67.3(38.9)

0.008*

VT

56.42(16.09)

58.30 (20.76)

56.83 (18.22)

55.16 (17.19)

0.411

57.9(17.7)

55.0(17.6)

0.193

55.7(16.4)

57.3(18.4)

0.485

MH

57.62(17.27)

65.35(17.12)

63.26(18.28)

69.46(17.08)

0.001*

60.9(17.8)

63.3(17.9)

0.301

56.4(18.4)

65.3(17.9)

0.001*

SF

71.76(20.19)

73.66(22.69)

77.29(18.16)

71.25(23.70)

0.367

71.9(21.2)

75.2(20.2)

0.207

71.2(20.9)

74.4(20.8)

0.24

BP

77.09(21.14)

76.91(22.72)

77.90(19.48)

70.25(21.71)

0.664

78.9(20.3)

72.5(22.2)

0.018

78.1(21.4)

75.3(21.2)

0.3

GH

59.82(12.87)

62.45(18.80)

56.32(19.19)

54.48(16.86)

0.065

72.5(22.2)

60.7(16.2)

0.04*

61.1(14.0)

57.8(17.6)

0.128

PCS

70.97(16.80)

72.46(20.91)

69.85(18.67)

63.88(20.49)

0.238

72.67(17.77)

66.70(19.42)

.014*

69.42(19.05)

71.48(18.13)

.401

MCS

60.73(16.90)

65.59(20.12)

66.52(18.31)

64.85(20.90)

0.191

62.83(18.80)

64.32(18.05)

.535

59.10(17.67)

66.18(18.43)

.003*

 

Working status

 

Highest Education Attained

  

Scale

Employed

Student

Housewife

Unemployed

P value

 

Secondary

Bachelor Degree

Master

PhD

P value

PF

80.1 (19.7)

77.3 (22.1)

76.6(20.9)

55.7(22.6)

0.038*

 

73.2(25.9)

78.8 (18.5)

77.4 (23.4)

81.2(17.9)

0.293

REP

68.6(38.2)

69.1(35.9)

67.2(34.3)

60.7(37.8)

0.939

 

62.5 (37.0)

68.6(35.9)

76.1(35.7)

67.6(35.2)

0.289

REE

64.8(40.7)

57.4 (39.6)

66.7(39.7)

76.2(37.0)

0.32

 

58.9(38.9)

62.8 (39.8)

64.4(39.6)

60.2 (42.2)

0.89

VT

57.8(18.6)

56.3(16.7)

56.5(20.0)

53.6(9.9)

0.906

 

55.0 (16.5)

56.1 (17.6)

58.6 (17.5)

60.4 (21.4)

0.496

MH

65.23(16.5)

58.5 (17.1)

62.7(20.0)

73.7(19.7)

0.017*

 

57.2(18.2)

61.6 (18.7)

66.3 (141)

65.8(17.5)

0.036*

SF

72.6(20.9)

72.2 (20.6)

75.3(21.3)

78.6(20.0)

0.746

 

72.1(21.7)

73.7(20.6)

74.2(18.2)

71.3(24.9)

0.907

BP

74.1(21.8)

79.7 (20.4)

71.6(21.8)

73.6(24.4)

0.093

 

73.0 (22.2)

75.8 (22.2)

81.3(18.1)

77.9(19.3)

0.239

GH

59.0(17.6)

60.9(14.8)

55.7(17.94)

55.0(9.6)

0.283

 

59.3(15.9)

57.9 (15.6)

60.7(16.8)

61.7(19.3)

0.649

PCS

70.23(18.92)

71.90(18.04)

67.47(19.32)

61.25(20.92)

0.314

 

67.17(20.25)

70.10(18.06)

73.87(17.70)

71.56(19.09)

0.325

MCS

65.30(19.59)

60.93(17.65)

65.26(18.84)

70.51(17.80)

0.228

 

60.54(17.06)

63.56(18.72)

66.33(17.19)

64.20(22.92)

0.445

  1. * p value significant at 0.05