Table 2.

Descriptive values for all the items included in the questionnaire, divided by country of origin of participants

Variable / Level	Overall	Country-specific
		Brazil	Uganda	Colombia	United Kingdom
Participants	381	161 (42.3%)	78 (20.5%)	86 (22.6%)	56 (14.7%)
Gender
Female	230 (60.4%)	106 (65.8%)	30 (38.5%)	66 (76.7%)	26 (48.1%)
Age	21.65 (1.79)	21.13 (1.88)	22.46 (1.38)	21.87 (1.96)	21.70 (1.18)
Employment
Employed	160 (42.0%)	50 (31.1%)	18 (23.1%)	79 (91.9%)	13(23.2%)
Education	159 (41.7%)	73 (45.3%)	38 (48.7%)	7 (8.1%)	41(73.2%)
Seeking employment	37 (9.7%)	16 (9.9%)	8 (10.3%)	0 (0%)	1 (1.8%)
Huppert & So[4]scale
Competence	4.94 (1.23)	4.89 (1.17)	4.69 (1.19)	5.02 (1.51)	5.32 (.77)
Emotional stability	4.50 (1.25)	4.31 (1.27)	4.74 (1.10)	4.97 (1.26)	4.09 (1.13)
Engagement	4.71 (1.20)	4.67 (1.11)	4.40 (1.28)	5.58(1.28)	4.18 (1.07)
Meaning	5.33 (1.13)	5.26 (1.20)	5.30 (1.18)	4.77 (.95)	4.93 (.89)
Optimism	5.34 (1.15)	5.15 (1.27)	5.39 (1.01)	5.71 (1.09)	5.27 (.96)
Positive emotion	5.13 (1.1)	5.07 (1.14)	5.09 (.91)	5.47 (1.09)	4.88 (1.13)
Positive relationships	5.31 (1.25)	5.42 (1.31)	4.99 (1.15)	5.40 (1.21)	5.30 (1.22)
Resilience	4.66 (1.18)	4.55 (1.22)	4.50 (1.16)	4.93 (1.13)	4.67 (1.13)
Self esteem	5.02 (1.22)	4.76 (1.20)	5.37 (1.06)	5.31 (1.20)	4.82 (1.34)
Vitality	4.62 (1.27)	4.19 (1.36)	4.95 (1.01)	5.06 (1.18)	4.75 (1.13)
Five Ways
Learn	5.42 (1.05)	5.11 (1.04)	5.49 (.95)	6.04 (.95)	5.29 (.96)
Take notice	4.68 (1.26)	4.35 (1.25)	4.90 (1.24)	4.98 (1.19)	4.84 (1.23)
Give	5.56 (.92)	5.71 (.86)	5.31 (.96)	5.58 (.99)	5.46 (.89)
Connect	5.00 (1.29)	4.72 (1.41)	5.05 (1.26)	5.20 (1.20)	5.41 (.91)
Be active	5.20 (1.96)	5.11 (2.08)	5.20 (1.82)	5.40 (1.88)	5.20 (1.95)

Note. Values presented are M (SD) for continuous variables and number of participants and percentage over total sample for categorical variables. The highest average for each item is bolded