Research Article
Are There Differences in the Health Outcomes of Mothers in Europe and East-Asia? A Cross-Cultural Health Survey
Table 2
Differences in four dimensions of quality of life and depressive symptoms in Japanese and Austrian mothers.
| | Japan ( = 170) | Austria ( = 227) | | Eta² |
| Physical quality of life | | | | | M ± SD | 63.36 ± 14.13 | 80.28 ± 12.66 | 0.000 | 0.284 | Psychological quality of life | | | | | M ± SD | 59.14 ± 13.76 | 73.75 ± 14.50 | 0.000 | 0.207 | Social quality of life | | | | | M ± SD | 63.66 ± 14.70 | 73.0 ± 19.13 | 0.000 | 0.066 | Environmental quality of life | | | | | M ± SD | 59.96 ± 13.18 | 80.35 ± 13.17 | 0.000 | 0.371 |
| Depression | | | | | M ± SD | 1.02 ± 1.20 | 1.19 ± 1.09 | 0.129 | 0.006 |
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indicates a significant effect at the 0.05 level. Eta² = effect size, showing the strength of the study.
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