Life satisfaction and associated factors among adolescents relocated for poverty alleviation in Shanxi Province
Objective To investigate factors associated with life satisfaction among adolescents who have been relocated for pov-erty alleviation,so as to provide scientific evidence to support adolescent physical and mental well-being.Methods A multi-stage stratified random sampling was conducted from June to August 2023 across 24 relocation sites in 8 counties of 4 cities in Shanxi Province.A total of 631 adolescents aged 10-19 were surveyed regarding personal characteristics,family environment,health be-haviors,mental health,and social capital.Univariate analysis of variance and binary Logistic regression were used to explore the in-fluencing factors.Results The life satisfaction rate of the relocated adolescents was 63.9％(403/631),and the average score of life satisfaction was(23.21±6.28).The Logistic regression analysis showed that,significant factors affecting life satisfaction of the relocated adolescents included age(17-19 years old:AOR=0.54,95％CI=0.33-0.88),subjective family economic status(mod-erate:AOR=1.70,95％CI=1.04-2.76;good:AOR=6.95,95％CI=1.85-26.16),sleep quality(good:AOR=1.61,95％CI=1.09-2.38),depression(AOR=0.94,95％CI=0.90-0.99),and social capital(AOR=1.17,95％CI=1.10-1.23)(P＜0.05).Conclusions The satisfaction of 17-19-year-old adolescents who have relocated for poverty alleviation is relatively low,while those with better family economic status,high sleep quality,low depression level and rich social capital showed high life satisfac-tion.Targeted interventions by families,communities,schools,and social institutions are recommended to improve adolescents'quality of life.
Activities of daily livingRegression analysisPoverty areasAdolescent
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