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Table 2 Association between the sociodemographic characteristics and the SF-12 scores

From: Validation of the Arabic version of the “12-item short-form health survey” (SF-12) in a sample of Lebanese adults

	PCS – SF12		MCS – SF12
	Mean	p-value	Mean	p-value
Gender
Male	50.24 ± 9.04	0.981	44.65 ± 12.57	0.943
Female	50.30 ± 8.85	0.981	45.35 ± 11.66	0.943
Marital status
Single	50.65 ± 8.73	0.151	44.08 ± 12.25	0.047
Married	49.27 ± 9.44	0.151	47.18 ± 11.75	0.047
Educational level*
Illiterate	42.65 ± 4.48	0.001	39.22 ± 13.65	0.223
Primary	48.44 ± 8.05		43.99 ± 12.05
Complementary	46.66 ± 10.87		47.56 ± 10.82
Secondary	48.54 ± 10.19		40.41 ± 15.32
University	51.83 ± 7.84		45.33 ± 11.66
Employment status
Employed	51.41 ± 7.74	0.307	44.74 ± 12.04	0.752
Unemployed	49.49 ± 9.66	0.307	45.04 ± 12.31	0.752
Monthly salary*
Low income (<1000$)	49.60 ± 9.49	0.198	44.02 ± 12.66	0.010
Intermediate income (1000 – 2000 $)	52.14 ± 8.39		43.46 ± 11.51
High income (>2000 $)	50.74 ± 7.17		49.86 ± 9.80
Physical illness
Yes	46.03 ± 10.72	<0.001	44.68 ± 12.40	0.907
No	52.18 ± 7.27	<0.001	45.07 ± 12.09	0.907
Mental illness
Yes	44.54 ± 10.06	<0.001	39.23 ± 12.49	<0.001
No	52.99 ± 6.87	<0.001	47.66 ± 11.05	<0.001
	Correlation coefficient		Correlation coefficient
Age	-0.228	<0.001	0.001	0.993

Bonferroni Post-hoc corrections: -Association between education level and PCS scale: illiterate vs. primary level of education p = 1.000, illiterate vs. complementary level of education p = 1.000, illiterate vs. secondary level of education p = 1.000, illiterate vs. university level of education p = 0.721, primary vs. complementary level of education p = 1.000, primary vs. secondary level of education p = 1.000, primary vs. university level of education p = 1.000, complementary vs. secondary level of education p = 1.000, complementary vs. university level of education p = 0.006 and secondary vs. university level of education p = 0.493. -Association between monthly salary and MCS scale: Low vs. intermediate income p = 1.000, low vs. high income p = 0.016, intermediate vs. high income p = 0.039.

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