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Table 2 Subjective well-being at baseline (SWBscore2003) and after follow-up (SWBscore2012) as well as its changes (SWBchange) by subgroup, as percentages (numbers), unless otherwise stated. Results of the Finnish population-based Health and Social Support Study

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

  

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)

  1. SWBscore, Subjective well-being score; SWBchange, Change in subjective well-being subgroup during follow-up; Diseases (2003), Count of the self-reported diseases in 2003 (baseline). List of diseases is in the Additional file 1.