Studies on Health Promotion of Residents. Correlation between Life Events and Lifestyle / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

For the purpose of elucidating the life events which aggravate lifestyle as a totality of healthrelated factors we made a survey of lives of residents in a rural district, and analyzed the correlation between life events and lifestyle.<BR>The results obtained by multivariate analysis were as follows.<BR>1) The life events significantly related to lifestyle were husband-and-wife fight, separation, debts, homecoming, death of one's best friends, inconstancy, decrease in income and insolvency.<BR>The life events that conduce to improved lifestyle were inconstancy, discharge from employment, home coming and so on, while separation, husband-and-wife fight and in solvency were among the life events that aggregate lifestyle.<BR>2) In males, the life events significantly related to lifestyle were homecoming, decrease in income, husband-and-wife fight, marriage, death of one's best friends, inconstancy, discharge and pregnancy.<BR>The life events that conduce to improved lifestyle were discharge, homecoming, inconstancy and pregnancy of his wife, while the life events that deteriorate lifestyle were separation and husband-and-wife fight.<BR>In females, marriage and personal success were significantly related to lifestyle.<BR>The life events that conduce to improved lifestyle were personal success, divorce and retirement, while the life events that adversely influence lifestyle were insolvency, death of spouse and husband-and-wife fight.