Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of 11,052 Syrian participants, Gallup World Poll 2008–2015.

Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2015
Demographic compositions
Sample size	1209	2100	2035	2041	2043	1022	1002
Women	48.8%	48.6%	49.0%	49.0%	48.9%	49.0%	49.2%
Age, years (SD)	32.8	33.4	34.0	33.7	34.0	33.8	33.5
	(13.3)	(14.4)	(16.0)	(14.9)	(16.3)	(16.1)	(15.3)
Unemployed	—	2.7%	2.1%	6.9%	4.6%	10.0%	7.1%
Married	55.4%	54.1%	64.1%	55.5%	56.0%	53.5%	54.8%
Elementary education or less	64.9%	49.2%	61.5%	61.1%	62.1%	61.8%	61.0%
Household Income, thousands	—	19.7	17.7	24.6	16.0	14.3	13.2
(international $) (SD)	—	(26.7)	(25.8)	(33.9)	(18.2)	(19.4)	(22.7)
Exposure status
% Internally displaced	—	—	—	—	—	15.9%	18.8%
% Family members displaced	—	—	—	—	—	26.9%	24.5%
% Someone from the household died	—	—	—	—	—	0.8%	4.0%
% Someone from the household injured	—	—	—	—	—	1.8%	7.7%
% Household lost source of income	—	—	—	—	—	15.8%	22.2%
Physical well-being
Health problems compared to others	25.6%	23.6%	11.8%	11.7%	10.8%	15.4%	17.2%
Physical pain	38.3%	32.6%	16.1%	26.1%	16.0%	14.5%	15.0%
Well-rested	56.7%	65.9%	59.9%	66.4%	63.8%	38.0%	36.3%
Satisfactory access to health care	54.3%	68.2%	76.8%	39.3%	31.8%	40.3%	39.2%
Cannot afford food	16.4%	16.1%	—	36.7%	42.2%	56.8%	47.6%
Cannot afford shelter	13.5%	20.5%	25.7%	19.8%	30.3%	44.3%	34.4%
Mental well-being
Average life satisfaction, 0 to 10 (SD)	5.32	4.98	4.46	4.04	3.16	2.69	3.46
	(1.92)	(2.06)	(2.15)	(2.48)	(2.51)	(2.35)	(2.81)
Average hope, 0 to 10 (SD)	6.32	6.34	5.75	5.15	5.38	5.63	4.88
	(2.48)	(2.39)	(2.51)	(2.58)	(3.05)	(2.85)	(2.90)
Positive emotions	62.7%	60.4%	51.1%	65.5%	47.5%	38.2%	36.0%
Negative emotions	37.9%	32.1%	26.4%	51.4%	66.5%	64.5%	62.0%
Social well-being
Social support	71.2%	84.2%	93.4%	57.6%	58.8%	58.5%	46.4%
Respect	80.9%	91.7%	87.6%	78.9%	68.2%	60.9%	57.4%
Freedom	66.1%	74.8%	64.7%	53.0%	46.7%	45.5%	44.8%

Note: Bolded labels indicate the categories of variables.