Table 1 Descriptive statistics by summary measures of SF-36 v.2, PDSD, 2008
PCS - Physical component | MCS - Mental component | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | N | % | Mean | Min | Max | Median | Mean | Min | Max | Median |
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 5,255 | 42.3 | 50.7 | 2.4 | 69.6 | 54.8 | 52.9 | -1.1 | 76.0 | 55.3 |
Female | 7,168 | 57.7 | 48.3 | 5.0 | 74.7 | 51.3 | 49.7 | 2.5 | 76.9 | 52.3 |
Age groups (years) | ||||||||||
18-39 | 3,973 | 32.0 | 54.3 | 12.7 | 74.7 | 57.1 | 52.1 | 2.5 | 75.4 | 54.5 |
40-64 | 6,132 | 49.4 | 48.9 | 5.0 | 71.0 | 51.9 | 50.8 | -1.1 | 76.9 | 53.4 |
≥ 65 | 2,318 | 18.7 | 41.8 | 2.4 | 63.9 | 42.1 | 50.1 | 5.0 | 76.5 | 52.6 |
Years of schooling* | ||||||||||
0 | 1,904 | 16.5 | 43.2 | 2.4 | 68.4 | 43.5 | 48.1 | 7.2 | 76.0 | 50.1 |
1-4 | 3,592 | 31.1 | 47.5 | 6.3 | 71.0 | 50.2 | 50.7 | 5.0 | 74.9 | 53.2 |
5-8 | 2,529 | 21.9 | 50.9 | 5.0 | 74.7 | 54.5 | 51.2 | -1.1 | 76.5 | 53.8 |
9-11 | 2,408 | 20.9 | 53.1 | 11.0 | 69.8 | 56.3 | 52.8 | 2.5 | 74.4 | 55.3 |
≥ 12 | 1,109 | 9.6 | 53.0 | 18.9 | 70.7 | 56.0 | 53.1 | 3.6 | 73.6 | 55.3 |
Race/color (self-atributed)* | ||||||||||
White | 5,868 | 48.7 | 49.4 | 2.4 | 74.7 | 53.0 | 51.2 | 2.9 | 76.0 | 53.8 |
Brown | 4,801 | 39.8 | 49.3 | 5.0 | 72.5 | 52.7 | 51.0 | -1.1 | 76.9 | 53.8 |
Black | 1,389 | 11.5 | 49.2 | 8.6 | 67.3 | 52.7 | 50.9 | 8.0 | 74.3 | 53.2 |
Number of chronic conditions | ||||||||||
0 | 4,554 | 36.7 | 54.9 | 9.7 | 71.0 | 57.5 | 54.0 | 5.9 | 76.9 | 55.9 |
1 | 3,035 | 24.4 | 50.3 | 8.6 | 74.7 | 53.4 | 52.1 | 2.5 | 74.4 | 54.0 |
2 | 1,996 | 16.1 | 46.4 | 2.4 | 70.7 | 48.3 | 50.4 | 3.6 | 76.5 | 53.0 |
≥ 3 | 2,837 | 22.8 | 41.3 | 6.3 | 69.8 | 41.3 | 45.7 | -1.1 | 75.5 | 47.4 |
Total | 12,423 | 100.0 | 49.3 | 2.4 | 74.7 | 52.9 | 51.1 | -1.1 | 76.9 | 53.7 |