caa a22 4500 467917302 CHVBK 20180406152906.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11205-005-3002-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11205-005-3002-8 The Relationship between Country of Residence, Gender and the Quality of Life in Australian and Taiwanese Midlife Residents [Elektronische Daten] [Shiu-Yun Fu, Debra Anderson, Mary Courtney, Brian McAvan] A growing global aging population is presenting more opportunities for health professionals to interact with other cultures. The specific aims of this study were to: (1) compare the quality of life of midlife men and women in Australian and Taiwan; and (2) to explore the impact of country of residence and gender on quality of life. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using census data and a probability proportional sampling (PPS) strategy on a general population of men and women aged 40-59years-old who live permanently in Taiwan and Australia. The sample consisted of 278 Australians and 398 Taiwanese men and women. Analysis showed that country of residence does have an impact on quality of life with significant differences seen between midlife Australian and Taiwanese men and women (F 4, 666 = 59.31, p < 0.001). The results suggest that midlife Australian men and women have a better quality of life than midlife Taiwanese men and women. The mean score for the four domains of quality of life by gender indicated that midlife women consider that they have a better quality of life than midlife men in both Australia and Taiwan. Midlife Australian men in this study reported they are more dissatisfied with their sleep and rest (χ 2 = 10.57, df = 4, p = 0.03) and more dissatisfied with their sexual activities (χ 2 = 9.42, df = 4, p = 0.05) in contrast to midlife Australian women. This study has addressed and contributed to the assessment of multi-cultural quality of life research and has important implications for both health providers and policy makers of both countries. Springer, 2006 midlife men and women nationallicence multi-cultural quality of life research nationallicence probability proportional sampling nationallicence Fu Shiu-Yun Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia aut Anderson Debra Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia aut Courtney Mary Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia aut McAvan Brian Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia aut Social Indicators Research Springer Netherlands 79/1(2006-10-01), 25-49 0303-8300 79:1<25 2006 79 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-3002-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-3002-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fu Shiu-Yun Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Anderson Debra Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Courtney Mary Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McAvan Brian Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Springer Netherlands 79/1(2006-10-01), 25-49 0303-8300 79:1<25 2006 79 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer