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Table 1 Characteristics of male and female participants

From: The influence of locus of control on self-rated health in context of chronic disease: a structural equation modeling approach in a cross sectional study

  

Male (51%)

Female (49%)

Total

Age

Mean (SD)

63.5 (10.1)

64.9 (8.8)

64 (9.5)

Education

Compulsory school

36.0

44.1

40.0

Secondary school

29.9

28.2

29.1

University

34.1

27.7

31.0

MHLCa

Internal (MD)

24**

22**

23

Chance (MD)

16

17

17

Powerful others (MD)

20**

18**

19

Disease burden (number of diseases)

≤2

61.3

56.6

59.0

3

21.6

21.2

21.4

4

8.8

15.2

11.9

≥5

8.3

7.1

7.7

Self-rated health

Very poor

0.5

0

0.2

Poor

6.2

8.9

7.5

Neither good nor poor

31.4

25.7

28.6

Good

51.0

56.9

53.9

 

Very good

11.0

8.4

7.7

  1. Figures aspercentages if not stated otherwise.
  2. aMultidimensional health locus of control in index-form and with median values (MD).
  3. **P < 0.01.