Table 2 Nationally representative descriptive statistics of childhood condition variables in the observed sample
Variable | Proportion | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
Relationship with mother | ||
Very good | 0.63 | 127,836 |
Somewhat good | 0.26 | 52,439 |
Somewhat bad | 0.05 | 11,060 |
Very bad | 0.02 | 4,642 |
Not applicable | 0.03 | 5,965 |
Missing | 0.00 | 956 |
Relationship with father | ||
Very good | 0.53 | 107,742 |
Somewhat good | 0.27 | 55,714 |
Somewhat bad | 0.08 | 15,807 |
Very bad | 0.04 | 8,278 |
Not applicable | 0.07 | 13,985 |
Missing | 0.01 | 1,372 |
Parent marital status | ||
Married | 0.75 | 152,001 |
Divorced | 0.09 | 17,726 |
Never married | 0.08 | 15,534 |
One or both had died | 0.04 | 7,794 |
Missing | 0.05 | 9,843 |
Perceptions of childhood family income | ||
Lived comfortably | 0.35 | 70,861 |
Got by | 0.41 | 82,905 |
Found it difficult | 0.18 | 35,852 |
Found it very difficult | 0.06 | 12,606 |
Missing | 0.00 | 674 |
Childhood abuse | ||
Yes | 0.14 | 29,139 |
No | 0.82 | 167,279 |
Missing | 0.03 | 6,479 |
Outsider | ||
Yes | 0.14 | 28,732 |
No | 0.84 | 170,577 |
Not applicable | 0.01 | 2,712 |
Missing | 0.00 | 877 |
Perceptions of childhood health | ||
Excellent | 0.33 | 67,121 |
Very good | 0.31 | 63,086 |
Good | 0.23 | 47,378 |
Fair | 0.10 | 19,877 |
Poor | 0.02 | 4,906 |
Missing | 0.00 | 530 |
Childhood service attendance | ||
At least 1 per week | 0.41 | 83,237 |
1–3 per month | 0.16 | 33,308 |
<1 per month | 0.18 | 36,928 |
Never | 0.23 | 47,445 |
Missing | 0.01 | 1,980 |
