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Table 1 Sex and age distribution of participants and SRH, SRMH

From: Women suffer but men die: survey data exploring whether this self-reported health paradox is real or an artefact of gender stereotypes

  

Self-rated Health

Self-rated Mental Health

 

Total

Good

Poor

Good

Poor

Sex

Women

596 (44.6%)

505 (84.9%)

90 (15.1%)*

493 (83.0%)

101 (17.0%)*

Men

311 (35.1%)

282 (90.7%)

29 (9.3%)

268 (86.2%)

43 (13.8%)

Other

10 (1.1%)

6 (60%)

4 (40%)

4 (40%)

6 (60%)

Age

25–45

409 (44.6%)

364 (89.0%)

45 (11.0%)

308 (75.5%)

100 (24.5%)*

46–65

322 (35.1%)

271 (84.4%)

50 (15.6%)

281 (87.5%)

40 (12.5%)

65 + 

186 (20.3%)

158 (84.9%)

28 (15.1%)

176 (94.6%)

10 (5.4%)

  1. *Chi-squared were significant at α level of 0.05