Investigating Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life of Greeks and Albanian Immigrants with the Generic EQ-5D Questionnaire

Table 3

Visual analogical scale (thermometer) in Greek and Albanian.

	Sample		Mean ± SD
	Greeks	Albanians	Greeks	Albanians
Whole sample	330	330	56,25±17,05	77,26±18,58
Gender
Men	160	166	60,69±18,13	76,28±19,88
Women	170	164	51,52±14,45	78,22±17,20
Age
18–44	114	114	56,20±13,79	75,49±20,40
45–64	184	184	57,23±18,85	79,32±16,35
65–75+	32	32	50,75±16,10	71,56±22,59
Place of residence
Rural	110	73	57,27±18,04	79,52±16,44
Urban	220	257	55,73±16,56	76,61±19,12
Education
Primary	50	25	50,82±18,12	72,80±20,72
Secondary	211	286	57,77±16,35	78,01±18,10
University	69	19	55,51±17,76	71,84±21,93
Occupation
Manual	94	228	56,79±16,95	77,04±18,27
Nonmanual	236	102	56,03±17,13	77,75±19,33
Monthly income
Low	86	51	57,45±16,57	69,71±25,07
Medium	166	208	55,39±17,85	78,08±16,68
High	78	71	56,73±15,91	80,28±17,26