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Table 1 Socio-demographic and medical information reported by health status and sense of coherence (SOC) 25 years after inclusion

From: Sense of coherence and health in women: a 25-year follow-up study

 

Health status*

 

SOC 25 years

 

Poor

Good

 

<=75th percentile

> 75th percentile

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

(Effect size)

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

(Effect size)

Age at follow-up, mean/SD

53.66/4.76

53.63/3.98

0.943

53.51/4.45

53.94/4.45

0.401

Region of birth

  

0.668

  

0.809

 Sweden

206 (94.9)

171 (94.0)

(0.021)

294 (93.9)

97 (95.1)

(0.022

 Outside Sweden

11 (5.1)

11 (6.0)

 

19 (6.1)

5 (4.9)

 

Marital status

  

0.464

  

0.319

 Single

22 (10.1)

12 (6.6)

(0.064)

27 (8.6)

8 (7.8)

(0.075)

 Married/cohabiting

177 (81.6)

155 (85.2)

 

256 (81.8)

89 (87.3)

 

 Divorced/Widow

18 (8.3)

15 (8.2)

 

30 (9.6)

5 (4.9)

 

College/university

  

0.003

  

0.793

 No

120 (55.3)

73 (40.1)

(0.151)

154 (49.2)

48 (47.1)

(0.018)

 Yes

97 (44.7)

109 (59.9)

 

159 (50.8)

54 (52.9)

 

Any divorce

  

0.006

  

0.008

 No

117 (53.9)

123 (67.6)

(0.139)

174 (55.6)

72 (70.6)

(0.131)

 Yes

100 (46.1)

59 (32.4)

 

139 (44.4)

30 (29.4)

 

Anxiety and/or depression

  

< 0.001

  

0.003

 No

176 (81.1)

176 (96.7)

(0,241)

266 (85.0)

98 (96.1)

(0.145)

 Yes

41 (18.9)

6 (3.3)

 

47 (15.0)

4 (3.9)

 

AUDIT

  

0.434

  

0.607

 0–5

161 (85.2)

144 (88.3)

(0.046)

236 (85.8)

81 (88.0)

0.028)

 6-

28 (14.8)

19 (11.7)

 

39 (14.2)

11 (12.0)

 

Work-family conflict, 0–5 years

  

< 0.001

  

0.001

 No

152 (72.4)

162 (89.5)

(0,215)

235 (77.0)

92 (92.0)

(0.163)

 Yes

58 (27.6)

19 (10.5)

 

70 (23.0)

8 (8.0)

 

Work-family conflict, 6–12 years

  

< 0.001

  

0.008

 No

141 (67.5)

161 (89.0)

(0.256)

228 (74.8)

87 (87.9)

(0.136)

 Yes

68 (32.5)

20 (11.0)

 

77 (25.2)

12 (12.1)

 

Work-family conflict, 13–20 years

  

< 0.001

  

0.001

 No

136 (65.4)

154 (86.0)

(0.238)

216 (71.5)

87 (87.9)

(0.164)

 Yes

72 (34.6)

25 (14.0)

 

86 (28.5)

12 (12.1)

 

Stressful life event

  

< 0.001

  

0.136

 No

72 (33.3)

95 (52.5)

(0.193)

126 (40.5)

50 (49.0)

(0.074)

 Yes

144 (66.7)

86 (47.5)

 

185 (59.5)

52 (51.0)

 
  1. Health status: Good health = self-reported health said to be excellent or very good while also having a total score ≤ 4 on the PHQ-scale and Poor health = health to be less good or poor, or having a totals score ≥ 5 on the PHQ-scale
  2. Major life events include: Illness/accident – husband/wife/partner/child, Death - husband/wife/partner/child, Death - close relative/friend, Worsened household finances
  3. *16 cases of missing value on Health status