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Table 1 Nationally representative descriptive statistics of the observed sample

From: Demographic variation in self-rated physical health across 22 countries: findings from the Global Flourishing Study

Variable

Proportion

Frequency

Age

 18–24

0.13

27,007

 25–29

0.10

20,700

 30–39

0.20

40,256

 40–49

0.17

34,464

 50–59

0.16

31,793

 60–69

0.14

27,763

 70–79

0.08

1776

 80 or older

0.02

4119

 Missing

0.00

20

Gender

 Male

0.49

98,411

 Female

0.51

103,488

 Other

0.00

602

 Missing

0.00

397

Marital status

 Single/never been married

0.26

52,115

 Married

0.53

107,354

 Separated

0.03

5195

 Divorced

0.06

11,654

 Widowed

0.05

9823

 Domestic partner

0.07

14,931

 Missing

0.01

1826

Employment

 Employed for an employer

0.39

78,815

 Self-employed

0.18

36,362

 Retired

0.14

29,303

 Student

0.05

10,726

 Homemaker

0.11

21,677

 Unemployed and looking for a job

0.08

16,790

 None of these/other

0.04

8431

 Missing

0.00

793

Education

 Up to 8 years

0.22

45,078

 9–15 years

0.57

115,096

 16+ years

0.21

42,578

 Missing

0.00

146

Service attendance

 >1/week

0.13

26,537

 1/week

0.19

39,157

 1–3/month

0.10

19,749

 A few times a year

0.20

41,436

 Never

0.37

75,297

 Missing

0.00

722

Immigration status

 Born in this country

0.94

190,998

 Born in another country

0.05

9791

 Missing

0.01

2110

Country

 Argentina

0.03

6724

 Australia

0.02

3844

 Brazil

0.07

13,204

 Egypt

0.02

4729

 Germany

0.05

9506

 Hong Kong

0.01

3012

 India

0.06

12,765

 Indonesia

0.03

6992

 Israel

0.02

3669

 Japan

0.10

20,543

Kenya

0.06

11,389

 Mexico

0.03

5776

 Nigeria

0.03

6827

 Philippines

0.03

5292

 Poland

0.05

10,389

 South Africa

0.01

2651

 Spain

0.03

6290

 Sweden

0.07

15,068

 Tanzania

0.04

9075

 Türkiye

0.01

1473

 UK

0.03

5368

 USA

0.19

38,312

  1. Country-specific descriptive statistics are available in Additional file 1