Table 1 Sample description (n = 500)

Gender

Female

50.0

Partnership^a

Yes

84.0

School

<9 yrs

13.6

10-13 yrs

32.6

>13 yrs

53.8

Occupation

High grade prof.^b

4.2

Lower grade prof.

30.2

Skilled non-manual

33.0

Skilled manual

5.2

Partly skilled worker

10.8

Unskilled labourer

6.2

Housewife/-husband

10.4

Continous variables

Range

\( \overline{x} \)

sd

skewnesss

kurtosis

Item1

Mood

0 - 100

72.60

22.81

−0.74

3.44

Item2

Energy

0 - 100

68.40

46.54

−0.79

1.63

Item3

Social Contact

0 - 100

72.40

30.99

−0.66

2.47

Mental QoL

Score

0 - 100

71.13

26.40

−0.68

2.27

Item4

Shopping

0 - 100

84.35

25.40

−1.64

4.96

Item5

Tying shoe

0 - 100

85.65

23.32

−1.68

5.33

Item6

Taking a glass

0 - 100

90.30

19.98

−2.47

9.34

Item7

Sweeping rubbish

0 - 100

80.85

27.54

−1.37

3.98

Item8

Moving a table

0 - 100

82.75

26.46

−1.58

4.64

Item9

Lifting a heavy box

0 - 100

71.05

31.98

−0.89

2.66

Physical QoL

Score

0 - 100

82.49

25.40

−1.71

5.70

Age

-

18-81

44.82

16.11

0.12

1.80