Determinants of Subjective Health, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction among Young Adults (18-24 Years) in Guyana

Table 1

Proportion (%) of sample population reporting satisfaction with health, happiness, and life situation ().

	Sample %	SRH		Happiness		Life satisfaction		Life situation a year ago		Life situation a year after
		Not satisfied	Satisfied	Not happy	Happy	Not satisfied	Satisfied	Not improved	Improved	Not better	Better
		17.6	82.4	22.1	77.9	22.9	77.1	18.6	81.4	4.6	95.4
Age
15-19	51.4	51.6	50.2	51.3	51.6	52.2	48.7	51.0	51.5	50.5	51.4
20-24	48.6	48.4	49.8	48.7	48.4	47.8	51.3	49.0	48.5	49.5	48.6
p-value		.121		.137		.071		.141		.147
Sex
Male	23.0	23.7	19.4	22.3	25.3	24.9	16.5	22.3	23.1	20.7	23.1
Female	77.0	76.3	80.6	77.7	74.7	75.1	83.5	77.7	76.9	79.3	76.9
p-value		<.001		<.001		<.001		.069		<.001
Currently married
No	76.8	75.2	84.9	75.5	80.6	75.2	83.5	82.8	75.3	96.4	75.9
Yes	23.2	24.8	15.1	24.5	19.4	24.8	16.5	17.2	24.7	3.6	24.1
p-value		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
Residency
Urban	22.7	22.8	32.2	21.9	25.7	23.0	31.7	18.5	23.7	12.6	23.2
Rural	77.3	77.2	67.8	78.1	74.3	77.0	68.3	81.5	76.3	87.4	76.8
p-value		.041		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
Region
Barima-Waini	4.9	4.4	7.0	5.1	4.3	4.6	5.9	8.6	4.0	17.1	4.3
Pomeroon-Supenaam	5.6	5.1	7.9	4.4	9.9	4.4	9.7	7.9	5.1	2.7	5.8
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	13.9	14.3	12.4	14.0	13.6	14.0	13.8	12.6	14.2	11.7	14.0
Demerara-Mahaica	35.2	34.7	37.4	34.6	37.1	34.9	35.9	34.7	35.3	36.0	35.1
Mahaica-Berbice	6.0	6.4	4.4	6.2	5.4	6.6	4.1	2.9	6.8	4.5	6.1
East Berbice-Corentyne	14.4	15.4	9.8	16.3	7.8	16.5	7.4	8.6	15.7	6.3	14.8
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	5.2	4.9	6.5	5.0	5.8	5.6	3.6	7.3	4.7	4.5	5.2
Potaro-Siparuni	2.9	3.1	2.1	2.9	3.0	2.7	3.8	2.6	3.0	4.5	2.8
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	4.7	4.4	6.1	4.1	6.9	3.4	9.2	9.9	3.5	9.9	4.4
Upper Demerara-Berbice	7.1	7.3	6.3	7.4	6.3	7.3	6.6	4.9	7.7	2.7	7.4
p-value		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
Education
None	6.0	5.9	6.3	6.4	4.7	6.5	4.3	8.4	5.5	12.6	5.7
Secondary	85.3	86.1	81.3	86.0	82.5	85.5	84.4	85.2	85.3	77.5	85.6
Higher	8.8	8.0	12.4	7.6	12.8	8.0	11.3	6.4	9.3	9.9	8.7
p-value		.048		.023		.021		.023		<.001
Ethnicity
East Indian	35.1	36.3	29.4	36.9	28.7	37.2	27.8	28.3	36.6	28.8	35.4
African	28.6	29.1	26.6	28.0	30.9	28.9	27.6	25.8	29.3	22.5	28.9
Amerindian	15.2	14.9	16.6	14.5	17.3	13.4	21.2	23.8	13.2	31.5	14.4
Mixed Race	21.1	19.8	27.3	20.6	23.1	20.5	23.3	22.1	20.9	17.1	21.3
p-value		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
Wealth index
Poorest	17.8	17.9	17.5	18.0	17.1	18.3	16.3	13.2	18.9	14.4	18.0
Second	15.4	14.9	18.0	14.5	18.4	15.2	16.0	10.2	16.6	11.7	15.6
Middle	18.7	18.2	20.8	19.0	17.7	18.8	18.5	15.7	19.4	12.6	19.0
Fourth	28.1	28.2	27.6	28.5	26.6	27.1	31.4	41.7	24.9	46.8	27.2
Richest	20.0	20.8	16.1	20.0	20.1	20.7	17.8	19.2	20.2	14.4	20.3
p-value		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
User of TV/Radio
Yes	92.2	91.9	93.5	91.9	93.1	92.5	91.0	88.5	93.0	82.9	92.6
No	7.8	8.1	6.5	8.1	6.9	7.5	9.0	11.5	7.0	17.1	7.4
p-value		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
Uses internet
Yes	65.6	69.8	75.9	63.3	73.6	65.0	67.5	50.6	69.0	42.3	66.7
No	34.4	29.3	24.1	36.7	26.4	35.0	32.5	49.4	31.0	57.7	33.3
p-value		<.001		<.001		.032		<.001		<.001
Ever smokes
Yes	19.1	18.5	21.5	17.9	23.1	18.6	20.5	22.1	18.4	18.0	19.1
No	80.9	81.5	78.5	82.1	76.9	81.4	79.5	77.9	81.6	82.0	80.9
p-value		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
Ever drinks alcohol
Yes	63.6	62.3	69.6	61.1	72.1	62.5	67.1	64.0	63.5	55.0	64.0
No	36.4	37.7	30.4	38.9	27.9	37.5	32.9	36.0	36.5	45.0	36.0
p-value		<.001		<.001		.004		.810		<.001