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. 2021 Oct 5;23(4):1469–1492. doi: 10.1007/s10902-021-00457-3

Table 1.

Sample description

Mean S.D Min Max
Life satisfaction 5.85 1.17 1 7
Household income 1,383 736 150 6,603
Adult Material Deprivation Index 0.29 0.30 0 1
Adult Material Deprivation Index—weighted 0.16 0.18 0 1
Child Material Deprivation Index 0.09 0.14 0 1
Child Material Deprivation Index—weighted 0.06 0.10 0 1
Age 12.61 1.68 10 15
Female 0.50 0.50 0 1
British/Irish white 0.70 0.46 0 1
Family type
 Both biological parents 0.67 0.47 0 1
 Step family 0.13 0.33 0 1
 Single parent family 0.21 0.41 0 1
Number of children in household 2.15 1.08 1 10
Interviewed during term time 0.77 0.42 0 1
Neighbourhood type
 Affluent Achievers 0.23 0.42 0 1
 Rising Prosperity 0.06 0.23 0 1
 Comfortable Communities 0.27 0.44 0 1
 Financially Stretched 0.23 0.42 0 1
 Urban Adversity 0.21 0.41 0 1
Moved to different neighbourhood 0.03 0.17 0 1
Number of observations 24,375

Source: Understanding Society (2019), Wave 1–9, 2009–2018, linked with neighbourhood and school holiday indicators for England