Factors associated with self-rated health status in university students: a cross-sectional study in three European countries

Table 4 Bivariate analysis: associations between SRHS^a and variables with continuous response scales

Variable	Correlations (Kendall tau-b)
Psychosomatic health complaints^b	0.317*
Physical activity^c	0.146*
Sence of Coherence^d	0.273*
Perceived stress^e	0.268*
Self-efficacy^f	-0.245*
Well-being^g	-0.270*
Sufficiency of income^h	0.089*
Importance of good gradesⁱ	0.034
Academic performance at the university^j	0.161*
Burdens related to studying^k	0.196*
Satisfaction with social support^a	0.121*
Number of persons could provide social support^l	-0.043*

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ^a1 = "excellent" to 5 = "poor"; ^b1 = "never" to 4 = "very often"; ^c1 = "less then once per week", 2 = "1 or 2 times", and 3 = "at least 3 times"; ^d1 = "very low" to 7 = "very high"; ^e1 = "little stress" to 5 = "much stress"; ^f1 = "low" to 4 = "high"; ^g0 = "lowest possible well-being" to 25 = "highest possible well-being"; ^h1 = "totally sufficient" to 4 = "not sufficient at all";ⁱ1 = "very important" to 4 = "not at all important"; ^j1 = "much better (than peers)" to 6 = "much worse (than peers)"; ^k1 = "low" to 6 = "high"; ^l1 = "no person" to 4 = "more than 3 persons";

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