A survey of social well-being among employees, retirees, and nursing students: a descriptive-analytical study

BMC Nursing

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of research participants

Variable	Subcategory	N	(%)	Mean (SD) Social Well-being	P-value
Age	19–30	166	51.7	98.33 (18.22)	0.000*
	31–40	57	17.8	109.04 (11.06)
	41–50	9	2.8	106.33 (21.51)
	51–60	81	25.2	86.46 (12.8)
	61–70	8	2.5	89.37 (9.92)
	Mean 35.65	SD 14.24
Gender	Female	184	57.3	100.55 (15.95)	0.603*
	Male	137	42.7	99.40 (17.08)
Marital status	Single	138	43	96.94 (16.50)	0.003*
	Married	183	57	102.42 (16.01)
Employment status	Student	108	33.6	93.14 (14.81)	0.000*
	Employed	121	37.7	109.58 (15.98)
	Retired	92	28.7	95.67 (12.55)
Semester	1–2	23	21.3	85.95 (9.11)	0.000*
(Students)	3–4	27	25	100.88 (14.38)
	4–6	29	26.9	96.58 (16.49)
	7–8	29	26.9	88.21 (13.08)
Work experience	1–8	78	64.5	10.8 (18.60)	0.8*
(Employed Nurses)	9–16	37	30.6	110.32 (8.81)
	17–24	6	5	106.66 (22.36)
	Mean 7.64	SD 4.05
Retirement period	1–4	53	57.6	92.60 (11.01)	0.003*
(Retirees)	5–8	33	35.9	101.45 (13.83)
	9–12	6	6.5	90.50 (12.55)
	Mean 4.64	SD 2.18
Physical activity	Yes	115	35.8	103.58 (17.49)	0.004^±
	No	206	64.2	98.10 (15.50)
Residence	City	307	95.6	99.87 (16.34)	0.462^±
	Village	14	4.4	104.24 (18.27)
Income	High	70	21.8	99.68 (14.45)	0.945^±
	Medium	213	66.4	100.28 (16.14)
	Low	38	11.8	99.55 (16.48)
Number of children	1	76	45.5	107.77 (15.31)	0.000*
	2	63	37.7	100.31 (15.09)
	3	24	14.4	95.97 (13.90)
	4	4	2.4	88.50 (4.65)
Under insurance coverage	Yes	283	88.2	100.39 (16.50)	0.336^±
	No	38	16.8	97.65 (15.88)
Underlying Disease	No	271	84.4	100.42 (16.58)	0.643^*
	Hypertension and Heart disease	29	9	96.55 (13.20)
	Diabetes	12	3.7	98.83 (21.8)
	Orthopedics and disability	9	2.8	102.22 (13.99)
History of addiction	No	287	89.4	100.85 (16.74)	0.051*
	Smoking	24	7.5	95.62 (11.06)
	Alcohol	5	1.6	88.80 (14.09)
	Other	5	1.6	87.40 (11.39)

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