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Table 2 Te Whare Tapa Whā and socio-demographic characteristics and life satisfaction for Māori soon after injury

From: Indigenous injury outcomes: life satisfaction among injured Māori in New Zealand three months after injury

    

Satisfied with life

 

Whare Tapa Whā Dimension

Variable

 

Total

n*

%

P value

Whānau

Global social relationships

     
  

Satisfied

528

387

73

<0.01

  

Not satisfied

34

14

41

 
 

Family involvement

     
  

Very large/Large

483

352

73

0.10

  

Small/Very small

77

49

64

 

Wairua

Comfort in faith and spiritual beliefs

     
  

No

136

98

72

0.79

  

Little to Very much

408

289

71

 

Tinana

General health

     
  

Good to Excellent

517

369

71

0.90

  

Fair/Poor

44

31

70

 
 

Prior chronic illness

     
  

0

281

206

73

0.38

  

1

149

104

70

 
  

2+

120

80

67

 
 

Injury severity**

     
  

NISS 1-3

238

180

76

0.09

  

NISS 4-6

220

154

70

 
  

NISS >6

82

52

63

 

Hinengaro

Overall happiness

     
  

Pretty happy/Very happy

542

394

73

<0.01

  

Not too happy

21

8

38

 
 

General self-efficacy

     
  

Not poor

508

371

73

0.004

  

Poor**

52

28

54

 
 

Depressive-type episode

     
  

No

391

293

75

0.01

  

Yes

171

109

64

 

Socio-demographic

Paid employment

     
  

Full-time (≥30hrs/week)

481

346

72

0.48

  

Part-time (<30hrs/week)

38

28

74

 
  

Not in paid employment

44

28

64

 
 

Highest educational qualification

     
  

No qualifications

146

105

72

0.53

  

Secondary school

269

187

70

 
  

Post-secondary school

139

104

75

 
 

Adequacy of household income

     
  

Not Enough

66

41

62

0.08

  

Just/Enough/More than

494

359

73

 
  1. *Row percentage.
  2. **Injury-related variable. All other variables are pre-injury.
  3. Note: Column totals for each variable may vary and do not necessarily add to 563 as those with missing values have not been reported.