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

From: Childhood experiences and adult prayer or meditation in 22 countries around the world

Variable

Category

E-value

E-value Limit

Relationship with mother

(Ref: Very bad/somewhat bad)

  
 

Very/somewhat good

1.18

1.00

Relationship with father

(Ref: Very bad/somewhat bad)

  
 

Very/somewhat good

1.20

1.10

Parent marital status

(Ref: Parents married)

  
 

No, divorced

1.07

1.00

 

Single, never married

1.17

1.00

 

No, one or both had died

1.13

1.00

Subjective financial status of family growing up

(Ref: Got by)

  
 

Lived comfortably

1.11

1.00

 

Found it difficult

1.10

1.00

 

Found it very difficult

1.13

1.00

Abuse

(Ref: No)

  
 

Yes

1.17

1.00

Outsider growing up

(Ref: No)

  
 

Yes

1.28

1.00

Self-rated health growing up

(Ref: Good)

  
 

Excellent

1.22

1.00

 

Very good

1.09

1.00

 

Fair

1.13

1.00

 

Poor

1.43

1.00

Immigration status

(Ref: Born in this country)

  
 

No

1.40

1.00

Age 12 religious service attendance

(Ref: Never)

  
 

At least 1/week

3.22

2.38

 

1–3/month

2.66

2.00

 

Less than 1/month

1.72

1.43

Year of birth

(Ref: 1998–2005; age 18–24)

  
 

1993–1998; age 25–29

1.23

1.04

 

1983–1993; age 30–39

1.37

1.14

 

1973–1983; age 40–49

1.52

1.25

 

1963–1973; age 50–59

1.79

1.49

 

1953–1963; age 60–69

1.90

1.52

 

1943–1953; age 70–79

2.05

1.62

 

1943 or earlier; age 80+

2.32

1.93

Gender

(Ref: Male)

  
 

Female

1.55

1.41

 

Other

10.79

1.00