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Table 4 Unadjusted associations of diversity of productive activities, mental health and quality of life for men and women, mean (SD)

From: Productive activities, mental health and quality of life in disability: exploring the role enhancement and the role strain hypotheses

 

Men

Women

Mental health

Quality of life

Mental health

Quality of life

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Not engaged in diverse productive activities (none or one activity)

67.1 (19.8)

11.8 (3.7)

63.3 (19.4)

11.7 (4.0)

Number of productive activities

 Two

72.7 (17.3)

13.9 (3.4)

68.3 (18.2)

13.9 (3.2)

 Three

75.8 (15.0)

14.5 (3.3)

69.2 (16.8)

14.1 (3.7)

 Four

77.6 (14.3)

15.0 (3.4)

70.6 (19.6)

14.8 (3.2)

 p

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.035

< 0.001

Combination of productive activities

 Two to three unpaid activities

71.7 (17.1)

13.1 (3.5)

69.5 (17.7)

14.1 (3.3)

 Paid work + one unpaid activity

73.2 (17.1)

14.3 (3.3)

68.5 (18.8)

14.0 (3.3)

 Paid work + two unpaid activities

76.4 (15.0)

14.7 (3.2)

68.1 (16.5)

13.9 (3.7)

 Paid work + three unpaid activities

77.6 (14.3)

15.0 (3.4)

70.6 (19.6)

14.8 (3.2)

 p

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.117

< 0.001

  1. p-values for the comparison of means across categorical variables from Kruskal-Wall test. Note: Unpaid activities include volunteering, education, and housework