Table 1 Distribution of childhood factors in the overall sample combined across 22 countries (weighted to be nationally representative within each country, N = 202,898)
From: When the glass is half full: early life experiences and adult optimism in 22 countries
Childhood factors | Category | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Relationship with mother | Very good | 127,836 (63%) |
Somewhat good | 52,439 (26%) | |
Somewhat bad | 11,060 (5%) | |
Very bad | 4642 (2%) | |
Does not apply | 5965 (3%) | |
Missing | 956 (0%) | |
Relationships with father | Very good | 107,742 (53%) |
Somewhat good | 55,714 (27%) | |
Somewhat bad | 15,807 (8%) | |
Very bad | 8278 (4%) | |
Does not apply | 13,985 (7%) | |
Missing | 1372 (1%) | |
Parent marital status | Parents married | 152,001 (75%) |
Divorced | 17,726 (9%) | |
Single, never married | 15,534 (8%) | |
One or both parents had died | 7794 (4%) | |
Missing | 9843 (5%) | |
Financial status of family when 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%) | |
Missing | 674 (0%) | |
Experienced abuse | Yes | 29,139 (14%) |
No | 167,279 (82%) | |
Missing | 6479 (3%) | |
Felt like an outsider in the family | Yes | 28,732 (14%) |
No | 170,577 (84%) | |
Missing | 3589 (2%) | |
Self-rated health when growing up | Excellent | 67,121 (33%) |
Very good | 63,086 (31%) | |
Good | 47,378 (23%) | |
Fair | 19,877 (10%) | |
Poor | 4906 (2%) | |
Missing | 530 (0%) | |
Immigration status | Born in this country | 190,998 (94%) |
Born in another country | 9791 (5%) | |
Missing | 2110 (1%) | |
Frequency of religious service attendance (age 12) | At least 1/week | 83,237 (41%) |
1–3/month | 33,308 (16%) | |
<1/ month | 36,928 (18%) | |
Never | 47,445 (23%) | |
Missing | 1980 (1%) | |
Year of birth | 1998–2005; current 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%) | |
1943 or earlier; age 80+ | 4119 (2%) | |
Missing | 20 (0%) | |
Gender | Male | 98,411 (49%) |
Female | 103,488 (51%) | |
Other | 602 (0%) | |
Missing | 397 (0%) | |
Country | Argentina | 6724 (3%) |
Australia | 3844 (2%) | |
Brazil | 13,204 (7%) | |
Egypt | 4729 (2%) | |
Germany | 9506 (5%) | |
Hong Kong (S.A.R of China) | 3012 (1%) | |
India | 12,765 (6%) | |
Indonesia | 6992 (3%) | |
Israel | 3669 (2%) | |
Japan | 20,543 (10%) | |
Kenya | 11,389 (6%) | |
Mexico | 5776 (3%) | |
Nigeria | 6827 (3%) | |
Philippines | 5292 (3%) | |
Poland | 10,389 (5%) | |
South Africa | 2651 (1%) | |
Spain | 6290 (3%) | |
Sweden | 15,068 (7%) | |
Tanzania | 9075 (4%) | |
Turkey | 1473 (1%) | |
United Kingdom | 5368 (3%) | |
United States | 38,312 (19%) |
