Gender and age differences in life satisfaction within a sex-segregated society: sampling youth in Qatar

Figures & data

Table 1 Mean scores and t-test mean difference from the midpoint for each item of SWLS.

Items	Mean	SD	t
In most ways my life is close to my ideal	4.70	1.920	6.40*
The conditions of my life are excellent	5.35	1.857	12.78*
I am satisfied with my life	5.33	1.857	12.62*
So far I have gotten the important things I want in life	4.93	1.719	9.53*
If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing	3.90	2.033	− 0.86

Note: *p <  0.05.

Table 2 Component analysis.

	Communalities	Factor loading
In most ways my life is close to my ideal	0.547	0.740
The conditions of my life are excellent	0.749	0.866
I am satisfied with my life	0.831	0.912
So far I have gotten the important things I want in life	0.790	0.889
If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing	0.411	0.641

Table 3 Means and standard deviations for males and females.

Sex	Age	Mean	SD	N
Male	Early adolescents	4.67	1.58	97
	Later adolescents	4.54	1.56	31
	Total	4.64	1.57	128
Female	Early adolescents	5.13	1.37	100
	Later adolescents	5.16	1.35	37
	Total	5.14	1.36	137
Total	Early adolescents	4.90	1.49	197
	Later adolescents	4.88	1.47	68
	Total	4.90	1.48	265

Table 4 ANOVA of gender and age between-subjects effects.

Source	df	Mean square	F	Sig.
Age	1	0.13	0.061	0.805
Sex	1	14.64	6.773	0.010
Sex × age	1	0.380	0.176	0.675
Error	261	2.162
Total	265