Well-Being and Associated Factors among Women in the Gender-Segregated Country

Hoda Jradi and Oraynab Abouabbas
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Hoda Jradi: College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Mail Code 2350, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia
Oraynab Abouabbas: King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Office of Population Health, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia

IJERPH, 2017, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-9

Abstract: Well-being is an essential measure that contributes to the evaluation of the health and quality of life of populations. In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as physical, mental and social well-being. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between July and September 2015. Women aged 18 years old and above were invited to participate in the study. The data were collected using the WHO’s Well-Being Index questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were fitted to identify factors that are significantly associated with well-being. A total of 900 women completed the survey. Approximately 58% of the women reported moderate to high (?50) score of well-being, whereas 41.7% reported ill-being/likely depression. Experiencing violence, living in unfavorable physical conditions and reporting morbidities were shown to be significantly associated with low levels of subjective well-being (ill-being) ( p < 0.0001). Our study revealed a significant percentage of low levels of well-being among women in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and identified the factors associated with them. Further research in this domain is recommended to better investigate additional causes of the low levels of well-being hence help in planning and guiding necessary interventions.

Keywords: women; well-being; mental health; Saudi Arabia; WHO-5 well-being index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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