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Table 2 General health and mental health scores by ALSWH1survey 1 to survey 6 for 194651 ALSWH cohort

From: The impact of socioeconomic status on changes in the general and mental health of women over time: evidence from a longitudinal study of Australian women

Survey number and year

General health SF-36 sub-scale mean (SD)2

Number of women with general health score on SF-36 sub-scale

Mental health SF-36 sub-scale mean (SD)2

Number of women with mental health score on SF-36 sub-scale

Survey 1: 1996

72.15 (20.47)

13,209

72.85 (17.89)

13,592

Survey 2: 1998

72.90 (20.39)

12,242

73.69 (18.47)

12,299

Survey 3: 2001

71.40 (20.66)

10,883

73.85 (18.04)

11,142

Survey 4: 2004

70.87 (20.85)

10,633

74.66 (17.96)

10,849

Survey 5: 2007

71.29 (20.67)

10,386

75.77 (17.59)

10,592

Survey 6: 2010

70.39 (20.55)

 9,988

76.49 (17.47)

 9,988

  1. 1 Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health.
  2. 2 SD standard deviation.