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).
| Â | PCS | MCS | PF | RP | BP | GH | VT | SF | RE | MH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Presence of long term health condition or disability | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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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