Abstract

Purpose: to analyze indicators of physical and mental health components in quality of life of students according to gender and place of birth. Material : the study involved 513 students aged 17 - 22 years old. Depending on the place of birth of the students were grouped into 5 groups: residents of large cities, small cities, towns, and villages; sat. Results : the highest rate of physical activity in girls (91.75 points) and men (94.9 points) of the major cities. The lowest rates are indicator role activities (47.86 points) girls from small towns, vitality index (57.25 points) in men hail from towns. The correlation coefficients between the indicators of quality of life of students: high rates of mental health component in comparison with the physical component. Conclusions : it was found that students regardless of sex, physical health component above the psychological component. Gender difference between physical health component is greater among residents of the town. In terms of mental health component of the residents of small towns.

Highlights

  • Introduction1 Characteristic of population’s life quality in narrow meaning can be given with the help of direct health indicators: morbidity, mortality, expected span of life

  • Results of questioning witnessed that the highest students’ indicator was indicator of physical functioning (PF), though those, who were born in small town had this indicator the least (80.0 points) comparing with the born in village (90.45), settlement (90.52), town (89.1) or city (91.75)

  • The second place for girls students of all tested groups is taken by indicators of social functioning (SF), which, alongside with indicator of physical functioning, is the least in girl students from small towns (69.56), and the highest in those, who were born in cities (78.37)

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Summary

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The questioned boys were mainly born in village (43%), quarter of the questioned (51 persons) – in cities, nearly15% - in towns, 9.5% of students - in small towns and only 8% - in settlement.

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