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Table 1 Main sociodemographic characteristics of each country’s sample

From: Construction and validation of a measure of integrative well-being in seven languages: The Pemberton Happiness Index

 

n

Sex

Age

Education level:

Occupation:

Living with partner:

  

Men n(%)

M(SD)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

    

- No education

- Employed

 
    

- Elementary

- Unemployed

 
    

- Middle school

- Student

 
    

- High school

- Homemaker

 
    

- College

- Retired

 

Germany

375

177 (47.2%)

38.05 (10.98)

2 (0.5%)

231 (61.6%)

272 (72.5%)

    

38 (10.1%)

41 (10.9%)

 
    

125 (33.3%)

44 (11.7%)

 
    

38 (10.1%)

39 (10.4%)

 
    

91 (24.3%)

20 (5.3%)

 

India

393

204 (51.9%)

32.18 (9.42)

0 (0%)

280 (71.2%)

260 (66.2%)

    

4 (1.0%)

36 (9.6%)

 
    

19 (4.8%)

40 (10.2%)

 
    

38 (10.1%)

29 (7.4%)

 
    

367 (93.3%)

6 (1.5%)

 

Japan

378

182 (48.1%)

39.42 (9.68)

0 (0%)

328 (86.8%)

108 (28.6%)

    

0 (0%)

8 (2.1%)

 
    

170 (45.0%)

13 (3.4%)

 
    

38 (10.1%)

25 (6.6%)

 
    

192 (50.8%)

4 (1.1%)

 

Mexico

373

198 (53.1%)

32.18 (10.68)

2 (0.5%)

243 (65.1%)

245 (65.7%)

    

0 (0%)

49 (13.1%)

 
    

84 (22.5%)

56 (15.0%)

 
    

38 (10.1%)

20 (5.4%)

 
    

238 (65.4%)

5 (1.3%)

 

Russia

402

190 (47.3%)

32.58 (11.01)

0 (0%)

286 (71.1%)

307 (76.4%)

    

3 (0.7%)

36 (8.9%)

 
    

116 (28.9%)

34 (8.5%)

 
    

38 (10.1%)

35 (8.7%)

 
    

271 (67.5%)

11 (2.7%)

 

Spain

990

505 (51.0%)

31.95 (8.90)

4 (0.4%)

587 (59.3%)

702 (70.9%)

    

26 (2.6%)

175 (17.7%)

 
    

442 (44.6%)

174 (17.6%)

 
    

38 (10.1%)

38 (3.8%)

 
    

407 (41.1%)

16 (1.6%)

 

Sweden

385

187 (48.6%)

37.96 (10.80)

0 (0%)

284 (73.8%)

283 (73.5%)

    

2 (0.5%)

36 (9.4%)

 
    

223 (57.9%)

46 (11.9%)

 
    

38 (10.1%)

3 (0.8%)

 
    

128 (33.3%)

16 (4.2%)

 

Turkey

371

207 (55.8%)

30.88 (8.64)

2 (0.5%)

217 (58.5%)

246 (66.3%)

    

2 (0.5%)

65 (17.5%)

 
    

115 (31.0%)

62 (16.7%)

 
    

38 (10.1%)

13 (3.5%)

 
    

241 (65.0%)

14 (3.8%)

 

USA

385

191 (49.6%)

37.36 (11.02)

1 (.3%)

248 (64.4%)

278 (72.2%)

    

1 (.3%)

42 (10.9%)

 
    

112 (29.1%)

25 (6.5%)

 
    

38 (10.1%)

50 (13%)

 
    

257 (66.7%)

20 (5.2%)