Table 3 Sensitivity of Meta-Analyzed childhood predictors to unmeasured confounding.

From: Characterizing the childhood roots of adult sense of mastery across 22 countries in the global flourishing study

Variable

Predictor (level)

E-value for Estimate

E-value for

95% CI

Relationship with mother

(Ref: Very bad/somewhat bad)

  

Very/somewhat good

1.22

1.09

Relationship with father

(Ref: Very bad/somewhat bad)

  

Very/somewhat good

1.15

1.03

Parent marital status

(Ref: Parents married)

  

No, divorced

1.11

1.00

Single, never married

1.11

1.00

No, one or both had died

1.18

1.00

Subjective financial status of family growing up

(Ref: Got by)

  

Lived comfortably

1.20

1.13

Found it difficult

1.15

1.09

Found it very difficult

1.26

1.16

Abuse

(Ref: No)

  

Yes

1.25

1.14

Outsider growing up

(Ref: No)

  

Yes

1.28

1.21

Self-rated health growing up

(Ref: Good)

  

Excellent

1.37

1.25

Very good

1.26

1.18

Fair

1.32

1.22

Poor

1.36

1.21

Immigration status

(Ref: Born in this country)

  

No

1.17

1.00

Age 12 religious service attendance

(Ref: Never)

  

At least 1x/week

1.29

1.20

1-3x/month

1.29

1.13

Less than 1x/month

1.19

1.10

Year of birth

(Ref: 1998–2005; age 18–24)

  

1993–1998; age 25–29

1.12

1.00

1983–1993; age 30–39

1.21

1.00

1973–1983; age 40–49

1.19

1.00

1963–1973; age 50–59

1.25

1.00

1953–1963; age 60–69

1.25

1.00

1943–1953; age 70–79

1.28

1.00

1943 or earlier; age 80+

1.34

1.00

Gender

(Ref: Male)

  

Female

1.18

1.13

Other

3.69

1.00