Professional paper

Some health satisfaction determinants among adults

Ivana Tucak
Marina Nekić

Abstract

The aim of this research was to examine health satisfaction among younger, middle-aged and older adults. We also examined the relations of health satisfaction with different sociodemographic variables (e.g. sex, years of education, employment status), importance of employment assessment, marital status and parenthood, and satisfaction assessment with parental role and social relations in the sample of adult persons. 200 adults, men and women, 25 to 75 years of age, from different parts of Croatia participated in the research.
The results of the analyses in all the examples showed that men and women didn't differ significantly regarding to health satisfaction. Younger adults (from 25 to 40 years, N = 72) and middle-aged adults (from 41 to 60 years, N = 90) were significantly more satisfied with their health compared to older adults (older than 60, N = 38). The employed were more satisfied with their health than the unemployed and retired.
The results of regression analyses showed that the importance of being employed and satisfaction with social relations were significant predictors of health satisfaction in this sample of adults.

Keywords

health satisfaction; employment; marital status; parenthood; social relations; adulthood

Hrčak ID:

12550

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/12550

Publication date:

15.6.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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