From: Changed health behavior improves subjective well-being and vice versa in a follow-up of 9 years
Variable | Category | Share of the study population | SWBscore2003 mean (SD) | SWBscore2012 mean (SD) | Positive SWBchange | Neutral SWBchange | Negative SWBchange |
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100 (10,855) | 8.53 (3.20) | 8.37 (3.18) | 30.2 (3546) | 44.0 (5172) | 25.8 (3034) | ||
Age (2003) | 25–29 | 20.6 (2234) | 8.47 (3.15) | 8.43 (3.15) | 31.6 (773) | 37.6 (918) | 30.8 (752) |
35–39 | 20.7 (2246) | 8.58 (3.28) | 8.67 (3.38) | 27.9 (675) | 43.1 (1045) | 29.0 (703) | |
45–49 | 26.6 (2885) | 8.64 (3.31) | 8.57 (3.31) | 28.5 (896) | 45.6 (1435) | 25.9 (815) | |
55–59 | 32.2 (3490) | 8.45 (3.06) | 7.96 (2.90) | 32.1 (1202) | 47.4 (1774) | 20.4 (764) | |
Gender | Male | 36.2 (3925) | 8.58 (3.18) | 8.36 (3.16) | 31.2 (1357) | 44.3 (1926) | 24.5 (1067) |
Female | 63.8 (6930) | 8.51 (3.20) | 8.38 (3.20) | 29.6 (2189) | 43.9 (3246) | 26.6 (1967) | |
Education (2003) | No professional education | 12.0 (1302) | 8.89 (3.33) | 8.58 (3.26) | 29.5 (417) | 46.3 (654) | 24.2 (342) |
Vocational school | 29.0 (3136) | 8.76 (3.30) | 8.54 (3.27) | 30.2 (1013) | 45.3 (1521) | 24.5 (821) | |
College | 39.0 (4218) | 8.40 (3.15) | 8.24 (3.07) | 29.9 (1362) | 43.1 (1964) | 27.1 (1236) | |
University | 19.9 (2154) | 8.24 (3.01) | 8.08 (3.01) | 31.0 (737) | 42.6 (1012) | 26.3 (625) | |
Diseases (2003) | 0 | 17.9 (1931) | 7.84 (2.73) | 7.91 (2.85) | 27.4 (579) | 45.2 (957) | 27.4 (581) |
1 | 23.3 (2522) | 8.12 (2.94) | 7.98 (2.89) | 30.6 (834) | 42.5 (1160) | 26.9 (733) | |
2 or more | 58.8 (6355) | 8.91 (3.37) | 8.60 (3.31) | 30.6 (2115) | 44.3 (3035) | 24.9 (1705) | |
Health behavior sum score (2003) | 0 or 1 | 7.0 (763) | 9.90 (3.87) | 9.53 (3.73) | 30.4 (227) | 43.7 (326) | 25.9 (193) |
2 | 24.5 (2654) | 9.02 (3.37) | 8.78 (3.35) | 30.9 (810) | 43.8 (1148) | 25.4 (665) | |
3 | 42.4 (4602) | 8.38 (3.06) | 8.22 (3.07) | 29.8 (1355) | 44.4 (2021) | 25.8 (1174) | |
4 | 26.1 (2836) | 8.03 (2.91) | 7.85 (2.77) | 30.6 (856) | 42.7 (1195) | 26.8 (749) | |
Negative life events | 0 | 39.4 (5135) | 8.16 (2.99) | 7.68 (2.67) | 31.6 (1470) | 46.8 (2174) | 21.6 (1004) |
1 | 25.3 (3299) | 8.40 (3.05) | 8.15 (3.01) | 30.7 (930) | 44.8 (1356) | 24.5 (742) | |
2 or more | 35.4 (4616) | 9.07 (3.45) | 9.29 (3.58) | 28.1 (1146) | 40.3 (1642) | 31.6 (1288) |