Table 2 Survey results stratified by country and adoption status.
From: Life satisfaction of adopted and non-adopted adolescents in four European countries
France | Italy | Norway | Spain | Cross-country HBSC vs. adopteddifferences§ | Total sample | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HBSC (n = 122) | Adopted (n = 122) | HBSC (n = 171) | Adopted (n = 171) | HBSC (n = 30) | Adopted (n = 30) | HBSC (n = 65) | Adopted (n = 65) | p-value | HBSC (n = 388) | Adopted (n = 388) | |||||
Life satisfaction, median [IQR] | 8 [7–9] | 8 [7–9] | 8 [6–9] | 7 [5–8] | *** | 7 [6–8] | 3 [2–7] | *** | 8 [7–9] | 8 [6.5–10] | < 0.001 | 8 [7–9] | 7 [6–9] | *** | |
Low life satisfaction | 17 (14.0%) | 17 (15.5%) | 24 (14.1%) | 46 (27.9%) | ** | 5 (16.7%) | 19 (63.3%) | *** | 5 (7.7%) | 9 (15.3%) | 0.041 | 51 (13.2%) | 91 (25.0%) | *** | |
Communication with father (easy/very easy) | 68 (64.8%) | 55 (53.4%) | 95 (57.9%) | 97 (57.1%) | 19 (65.5%) | 18 (60.0%) | 33 (60.0%) | 31 (63.3%) | 0.556 | 215 (60.9%) | 201 (57.1%) | ||||
Communication with mother (easy/very easy) | 85 (75.2%) | 73 (62.9%) | 132 (80.0%) | 101 (59.4%) | *** | 21 (72.4%) | 22 (73.3%) | 45 (71.4%) | 36 (67.9%) | 0.178 | 283 (76.5%) | 232 (62.9%) | *** | ||
Communication with parents (easy/very easy): | |||||||||||||||
Both | 61 (58.7%) | 47 (46.1%) | 88 (54.3%) | 81 (47.6%) | *** | 18 (62.1%) | 17 (56.7%) | 29 (53.7%) | 24 (53.3%) | 0.708 | 196 (56.2%) | 169 (48.7%) | *** | ||
Only mother/only father | 26 (25.0%) | 24 (23.6%) | 49 (30.3%) | 36 (21.2%) | 4 (13.7%) | 6 (20.0%) | 14 (25.9%) | 10 (22.3%) | 93 (26.7%) | 76 (21.9%) | |||||
Neither | 17 (16.3%) | 31 (30.4%) | 25 (15.4%) | 53 (31.2%) | 7 (24.1%) | 7 (23.3%) | 11 (20.4%) | 11 (24.4%) | 60 (17.2%) | 102 (29.4%) | |||||
High friend support | 77 (65.3%) | 82 (68.9%) | 106 (62.4%) | 98 (57.3%) | 18 (60.0%) | 22 (73.3%) | 49 (75.4%) | 42 (70.0%) | 0.420 | 250 (65.3%) | 244 (64.2%) | ||||
High family support | 75 (67.0%) | 89 (75.4%) | 128 (75.3%) | 141 (82.5%) | 24 (80.0%) | 22 (73.3%) | 50 (76.9%) | 48 (80.0%) | 0.647 | 277 (73.5%) | 300 (79.2%) | ||||
Liking school a lot | 25 (20.7%) | 43 (36.4%) | ** | 16 (9.4%) | 30 (17.5%) | * | 8 (27.6%) | 16 (53.3%) | 11 (16.9%) | 12 (20.0%) | 0.624 | 60 (15.6%) | 101 (26.6%) | *** | |
