Table 2 Relationship between happiness and socio-demographic characteristics of participants
From: Happiness in marginalized populations: a community–based study in South Central Iran
Variable | Happiness Mean±SD | p Value | Variable | Happiness Mean±SD | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Job | ||||
Male | 6.37±1.92 | o.37 | Unemployed | 5.91 ± 1.93 | < 0.001 |
Female | 6.47±2.09 | Housewife | 6.51 ± 2.12 | ||
Level of education | Student | 7.17 ± 1.13 | |||
Illiterate | 6.24±1.88 | 0.03 | Daily worker | 6.54 ± 1.66 | |
Primary school | 6.3±2.12 | Manual worker | 6.47 ± 2.63 | ||
Diploma | 6.62±1.81 | Employee | 6.28 ± 2.5 | ||
Associate degree and bachelor’s degree | 6.79±1.93 | Manager | 6.52 ± 1.9 | ||
Master ‘s degree and above | 6.5±3.93 | Retired | 6.63 ± 1.99 | ||
Disable | 4.36 ± 2.49 | ||||
Marital status | Income/cost | ||||
Single | 6.72±1.7 | <0.001 | >1 | – | < 0.001 |
Married | 6.45±2.02 | <1 | 6.23 ± 2.04 | ||
Divorced | 5.26±2.48 | =1 | 7.07 ± 1.66 | ||
Separated | 4.81±2.76 | Immigration | |||
Widowed | 5.86±1.99 | Yes | 6.2 ± 2.19 | 0.06 |