Table 3 Descriptive statistics of the dependent and explanatory variables (n = 244)
From: Health-related quality of life in young people: the importance of education
Variables | Description | Females (Observations = 122) | Males (Observations = 122) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Dependent variables | |||||
PhysicalHealth | Seven items. Likert: 1 = nothing; 5 = strongly agree | 27.35 | 3.7 | 28.17 | 3.3 |
MentalHealth | Six items. Likert: 1 = nothing; 5 = strongly agree | 22.55 | 3.3 | 23.79 | 2.9 |
Relations | Three items. Likert: 1 = nothing; 5 = strongly agree | 11.68 | 2.1 | 11.87 | 2.0 |
Environment | Eight items. Likert: 1 = nothing; 5 = strongly agree | 29.03 | 4.1 | 30.13 | 4.0 |
Total | Higher score means better health-related quality of life | 88.31 | 12.6 | 92.18 | 13.3 |
Explanatory variables | |||||
Secondary | Dummy variable: 1 if the individual has secondary studies, 0 in case of tertiary studies. | 0.56 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 0.5 |
Student | Dummy variable: 1 if the individual is a student, 0 otherwise | 0.61 | 0.5 | 0.52 | 0.5 |
Secondary&Student | Dummy variable: 1 if the individual has secondary studies and is a student, 0 otherwise. | 0.31 | 0.5 | 0.30 | 0.5 |
ViñedoViejo | Dummy variable: 1 if the individual lives in Viñedo Viejo, 0 otherwise. | 0.59 | 0.5 | 0.65 | 0.5 |
Secondary&ViñedoViejo | Dummy variable: 1 if the individual has secondary studies and lives in Viñedo Viejo, 0 otherwise. | 0.32 | 0.5 | 0.39 | 0.5 |
Secondary&Student&ViñedoViejo | Dummy variable: 1 if the individual has secondary studies, is a student and lives in Viñedo Viejo, 0 otherwise. | 0.14 | 0.3 | 0.16 | 0.4 |