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Table 3 -14 Ratings of Physical and Mental Health Baseline Survey <br />Respondents <br />who <br />days that their mental health was "Not good" (M= 3.69) than those who were employed (M <br />= 2.20), a difference that does not quite reach statistical significance; F (1, 388) = 3.70, p = <br />.055. <br />3.5.3 Physical and Mental Health Indicators at Follow -Up <br />At follow -up, respondents who enrolled at the Santa Ana WORK Center during the first <br />through third quarter of the 2008 calendar year rated their physical and mental health on the <br />same scale that was utilized in the baseline survey. As can be seen in Table 3 -15, the largest <br />proportion of survey respondents rate their physical health as being "Good." The next <br />largest proportions rate their physical health as being "Very good" or "Excellent." Treating <br />this item as a continuous variable, the mean rating of physical health is 3.27, ten points less <br />than what was observed at baseline. <br />As also shown in Table 3- 15,the largest proportion of survey respondent's rate their mental <br />health as being "Good" followed by the next largest proportion who rate it as being <br />"Excellent" and "Very Good. Again, treating this item as a continuous variable, the mean <br />rating of mental health is 3.80, higher than the mean rating for physical health. Consistent <br />with baseline findings ratings of physical health are positively related to ratings of mental <br />health, meaning that respondents who rate their physical health highly, rate their mental <br />health highly as well, vice versa; this relationship is statistically significant; r =.487, p <.01. <br />mel allk] <br />