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Table 3 Areas of MIL listed by the respondents including number and percentage of the respondents (N = 1014)

From: Meaning in life and perceived quality of life in Switzerland: results of a representative survey in the German, French and Italian regions

 

Total

German

French

Italian

χ2

p

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Family

813

80.2

579

80.9

199

78.3

35

79.9

.760

.684

Partnership

164

16.2

112

15.6

43

16.8

10

22.3

1.620

.445

Social relations

439

43.3

315

44.1

109

42.6

15

35.3

1.438

.487

Occupation/work

517

51.0

366

51.2

133

52.3

18

40.8

1.991

.370

Leisure time

423

41.7

296

41.4

116

45.4

12

26.6

5.291

.071

Home/garden

66

6.6

51

7.2

14

5.6

1

2.2

2.168

.338

Finances

102

10.1

78

10.8

18

7.1

7

15.3

4.707

.095

Spirituality/religion

131

12.9

107

15.0

21

8.2

3

6.0

9.089

.011

Health

311

30.6

225

31.5

63

24.8

22

50.4

12.229

.002

Satisfaction

85

8.4

55

7.6

21

8.4

9

21.0

8.812

.012

Nature/animals

226

22.3

178

24.8

44

17.3

5

10.7

9.470

.009

Social commitment

35

3.5

26

3.7

7

2.7

2

4.5

.613

.736

Hedonism

78

7.7

48

6.8

26

10.3

3

7.2

3.289

.193

Art/culture

160

15.8

101

14.2

53

20.9

6

13.4

6.563

.038

Growth

73

7.2

47

6.6

23

9.0

3

6.2

1.694

.429

Other

146

14.5

97

13.5

24

9.2

11

25.5

7.592

.024

  1. Bold data: Significance test when p ≤ .003