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Appendix C (continued)

Tables of correlations

This section contains tables of correlations to support references to the correlation between certain variables throughout this paper.

The SF36 physical health measures are: physical functioning (PF), role limitations owing to physical functioning (RP), bodily pain index (BP), general health perceptions (GH) and the physical component summary measure (PCS).

The SF36 mental health measures are: social functioning (SF), role limitations owing to emotional functioning (RE), general mental health perceptions (MH), vitality (VT) and the mental component summary measure (MCS).

Appendix Table 29 – Correlation between SF36 physical measures of wellbeing
  PF RP BP GH PCS
PF - 0.6506 0.5233 0.5465 0.8595
RP 0.6506 - 0.7099 0.5389 0.8237
BP 0.5233 0.7099 - 0.4431 0.7826
GH 0.5465 0.5389 0.4431 - 0.6074
PCS 0.8595 0.8237 0.7826 0.6074 -

Source: SoFIE Waves 1–3, OSMs, longitudinal weights, supplied by Statistics New Zealand

Appendix Table 30 – Correlation between SF36 mental measures of wellbeing
  SF RE VT MH MCS
SF - 0.5928 0.4865 0.5279 0.6725
RE 0.5928 - 0.4344 0.5879 0.7111
VT 0.4865 0.4344 - 0.5996 0.7407
MH 0.5279 0.5879 0.5996 - 0.9053
MCS 0.6725 0.7111 0.7407 0.9053 -

Source: SoFIE Waves 1–3, OSMs, longitudinal weights, supplied by Statistics New Zealand

Appendix Table 31 – Correlation between SF36 physical and mental measures of wellbeing and K10 survey
  PF RP BP GH PCS K10
SF 0.4151 0.5695 0.4422 0.4140 0.4247 -0.5699
RE 0.2911 0.4091 0.2936 0.3668 0.2017 -0.6368
VT 0.4521 0.5137 0.4360 0.5339 0.3914 -0.5646
MH 0.2211 0.3375 0.3012 0.3876 0.0573 -0.7672
MCS 0.1602 0.3241 0.2371 0.4527 0.0303 -0.7691
K10 -0.3044 -0.4121 -0.3388 -0.4214 -0.2017  

Source: SoFIE Waves 1–3, OSMs, longitudinal weights, supplied by Statistics New Zealand

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