Life satisfaction, life worth and trust in others; their relationships with adult demographics and childhood happiness and violence
| *% with low | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life satisfaction | Life worth | Trust | |
| All | 10.3 | 9.3 | 15.7 |
| Age group | |||
| 18–24 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 17.1 |
| 25–39 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 16.7 |
| 40–54 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 17.0 |
| 55–64 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 15.4 |
| 65+ | 8.1 | 8.5 | 14.0 |
| P | <0.001 | 0.027 | 0.006 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 11.5 | 11.0 | 15.5 |
| Female | 9.5 | 8.1 | 15.9 |
| p Value | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.571 |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 10.4 | 9.4 | 15.7 |
| Non-white | 8.5 | 7.3 | 17.1 |
| p Value | 0.196 | 0.118 | 0.401 |
| Employment | |||
| Employed | 5.0 | 4.4 | 12.5 |
| Full-time student | 4.9 | 5.3 | 12.1 |
| Unemployed | 30.9 | 27.2 | 26.6 |
| Retired | 8.3 | 8.5 | 13.7 |
| Other/domestic | 13.4 | 9.3 | 23.1 |
| p Value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| IMD quintile | |||
| (Least deprived)1 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 10.2 |
| 2 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 10.3 |
| 3 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 12.8 |
| 4 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 14.3 |
| (Most deprived) 5 | 13.4 | 12.0 | 20.7 |
| p Value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Childhood happiness | |||
| Happy | 7.8 | 6.9 | 13.8 |
| Unhappy | 29.3 | 27.4 | 29.7 |
| p Value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Childhood violence | |||
| Non-violent | 8.7 | 7.7 | 14.2 |
| Violent | 23.1 | 22.5 | 27.9 |
| p Value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
*See Methods for full definitions of questions analysed and categorisation of each variable. Statistical analyses used χ2.
IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.