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Table 3 Correlations between social supports and health and well-being metrics

From: Social support, resource utilization, and well-being: a survey of adolescent parents in Washington, DC

Social supports

Health and well-being metrics

Physical health

Mental health

Positive emotions

Negative emotions

Cantril ladder

Have family or friends you could count on to help you when you needed them

0.26*

0.28*

0.29*

-0.22*

0.25*

Feel like you had a sense of belonging to your local community

0.20*

0.21*

0.19

-0.02

0.33*

Get invited to go out and do things with other people

0.28*

0.32*

0.22*

-0.20*

0.26*

Have friends you could get together with to relax

0.31*

0.34*

0.36*

-0.20*

0.36*

Feel like you were part of a group of friends or community

0.34*

0.31*

0.36*

-0.21*

0.34*

Have someone who understood your problems

0.37*

0.35*

0.34*

-0.31*

0.35*

Have someone you trusted to talk with about your problems and feelings with

0.30*

0.26*

0.39*

-0.30*

0.31*

  1. Correlation coefficients are from Spearman’s correlations
  2. * p < 0.05
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BMC Public Health

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