Table 2 Relationships between LS and socioeconomic, health factors and career attitudes for each group

Mean (SE)¹

p²

Mean (SE)¹

p²

Mean (SE)¹

p²

Sex

Male

8.50 (0.28)

0.888

7.77 (0.12)

0.467

8.19 (0.23)

0.255

Female

8.43 (0.45)

7.90 (0.11)

7.76 (0.30)

Type of household

Living alone

8.75 (0.17)

0.334

7.71 (0.15)

0.207

7.50 (0.29)

0.586

Not living alone

8.27 (0.40)

7.93 (0.10)

7.93 (0.20)

Correlation coefficient³

p²

Correlation coefficient³

p²

Correlation coefficient³

p²

− 0.238

0.188

0.252

0.337

0.188

− 0.238

Financial situation

[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 12, 17]

0.366

0.024*

0.117

0.026*

0.223

0.084

Health factors

[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 12, 17]

Health satisfaction

0.609

< 0.001***

0.437

< 0.001***

0.439

< 0.001***

QoL-Autonomy

0.334

0.038*

0.429

< 0.001***

0.238

0.054

Worry

−0.316

0.050*

− 0.426

< 0.001***

− 0.140

0.261

Career attitudes

[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 12, 17]

Adaptability

0.157

0.340

0.321

< 0.001***

− 0.037

0.767

Optimism

0.139

0.399

0.388

< 0.001***

0.418

< 0.001***

Knowledge

−0.061

0.711

0.101

0.052

0.197

0.114

Planning

0.105

0.524

0.152

0.003**

0.366

0.002**