Table 1 Nationally representative descriptive statistics of the observed sample.
From: Childhood predictors of balance in life: a cross-national analysis of the global flourishing study
Characteristic | N = 202,8981 |
|---|---|
Relationship with mother | |
Very good | 127,836 (63%) |
Somewhat good | 52,439 (26%) |
Somewhat bad | 11,060 (5.5%) |
Very bad | 4,642 (2.3%) |
Does not apply | 5,965 (2.9%) |
(Missing) | 956 (0.5%) |
Relationship with father | |
Very good | 107,742 (53%) |
Somewhat good | 55,714 (27%) |
Somewhat bad | 15,807 (7.8%) |
Very bad | 8,278 (4.1%) |
Does not apply | 13,985 (6.9%) |
(Missing) | 1,372 (0.7%) |
Parent marital status | |
Parents married | 152,001 (75%) |
Divorced | 17,726 (8.7%) |
Parents were never married | 15,534 (7.7%) |
One or both parents had died | 7,794 (3.8%) |
(Missing) | 9,843 (4.9%) |
Subjective financial status of family growing up | |
Lived comfortably | 70,861 (35%) |
Got by | 82,905 (41%) |
Found it difficult | 35,852 (18%) |
Found it very difficult | 12,606 (6.2%) |
(Missing) | 674 (0.3%) |
Abuse | |
Yes | 29,139 (14%) |
No | 167,279 (82%) |
(Missing) | 6,479 (3.2%) |
Outsider growing up | |
Yes | 28,732 (14%) |
No | 170,577 (84%) |
(Missing) | 3,589 (1.8%) |
Self-rated health growing up | |
Excellent | 67,121 (33%) |
Very good | 63,086 (31%) |
Good | 47,378 (23%) |
Fair | 19,877 (9.8%) |
Poor | 4,906 (2.4%) |
(Missing) | 530 (0.3%) |
Immigration status | |
Born in this country | 190,998 (94%) |
Born in another country | 9,791 (4.8%) |
(Missing) | 2,110 (1.0%) |
Age 12 religious service attendance | |
At least 1/week | 83,237 (41%) |
1–3/month | 33,308 (16%) |
< 1/month | 36,928 (18%) |
Never | 47,445 (23%) |
(Missing) | 1,980 (1.0%) |
Year of birth | |
1998–2005; age 18–24 | 27,007 (13%) |
1993–1998; age 25–29 | 20,700 (10%) |
1983–1993; age 30–39 | 40,256 (20%) |
1973–1983; age 40–49 | 34,464 (17%) |
1963–1973; age 50–59 | 31,793 (16%) |
1953–1963; age 60–69 | 27,763 (14%) |
1943–1953; age 70–79 | 16,776 (8.3%) |
1943 or earlier; age 80+ | 4,119 (2.0%) |
(Missing) | 20 (< 0.1%) |
Gender | |
Men | 98,411 (49%) |
Women | 103,488 (51%) |
Other | 602 (0.3%) |
(Missing) | 397 (0.2%) |
Country | |
Argentina | 6,724 (3.3%) |
Australia | 3,844 (1.9%) |
Brazil | 13,204 (6.5%) |
Egypt | 4,729 (2.3%) |
Germany | 9,506 (4.7%) |
Hong Kong | 3,012 (1.5%) |
India | 12,765 (6.3%) |
Indonesia | 6,992 (3.4%) |
Israel | 3,669 (1.8%) |
Japan | 20,543 (10%) |
Kenya | 11,389 (5.6%) |
Mexico | 5,776 (2.8%) |
Nigeria | 6,827 (3.4%) |
Philippines | 5,292 (2.6%) |
Poland | 10,389 (5.1%) |
South Africa | 2,651 (1.3%) |
Spain | 6,290 (3.1%) |
Sweden | 15,068 (7.4%) |
Tanzania | 9,075 (4.5%) |
Türkiye | 1,473 (0.7%) |
United Kingdom | 5,368 (2.6%) |
United States | 38,312 (19%) |
