Abstract
BackgroundLife satisfaction is an important component in designing strategies to improve health outcomes in different groups of society. This study aimed to investigate the effect of subjective socioeconomic status (SSS), social capital (SC), self-rated health (SRH), and physical activity (PA) on life satisfaction (LS) in Iran.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted on 1187 people (643 men and 544 women) lived in five western cities in Iran. The sampling method was multistage clustering. Data collection tool was a five part questionnaire including demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status ladder, social capital scale, a question to measure physical activity, and the life satisfaction scale. Data were analyzed using independent t-test, one way ANOVA, and Ordinal Logistic Regression.ResultLife satisfaction was higher in married men and women compared to single and widows (p < 0.05). Among the variables included in the main model, the significant predictors were college education (− 0.500), marriage (coefficient = 0.422), age 25–34 years (coefficient = − 0.384), SRH (coefficient = 0.477), male sex (coefficient = 0.425), SSS (coefficient = 0.373), trust (coefficient = 0.115), and belonging and empathy (coefficient = 0.064).ConclusionSRH and SSS were significant predictors of life satisfaction in west Iranian society. Being married was associated with higher LS, but college education affects LS adversely.
Highlights
Life satisfaction is an important component in designing strategies to improve health outcomes in different groups of society
Being married was associated with higher Life satisfaction (LS), but college education affects LS adversely
The self-rated health index has been widely used in recent years in studies and the results have shown that it is associated with life satisfaction [9,10,11]
Summary
Life satisfaction is an important component in designing strategies to improve health outcomes in different groups of society. Rajabi Gilan et al BMC Public Health (2021) 21:233 the level of LS including physical health condition, mental health condition, social relationship and environment [7].Self-rated health (SRH) represents a meaningful, subjective indicator for health status. It is an interested new assessment based on the individual appraisal of one’s health that includes an overall sense of functioning, physical, mental and social dimensions of health [8]. Some studies in different groups confirm the positive relationship between PA and LS, and mental well-being [16,17,18], instead, some studies have reported a lack of significant relationship or contradictory results [19, 20]
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